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Although ivory, wood and stone are relatively easy to carve, other materials such as gemstones are much more demanding. Most of these carvings were made for wealthy patrons and collectors, who delighted in the rarity of the material and quality of the carving. This ivory bust is made by David Le Marchand in Britain after 1714. Here he has used an exceptionally large piece of ivory and carved the face and wig of the monarch in a highly naturalistic style.\nTheuerkauff remarked that the style of this bust could have been an influence on Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, and certainly it seems to prefigure a Germanic portrait style in ivory carving later in the eighteenth century.\nDavid Le Marchand (1674-1726) was famed for his ivory carvings, particularly his portraits. He was a native of Dieppe, France, and came from a Huguenot, or Protestant, family. With the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, and the consequent persecution of non-Catholics, he had to flee France. 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