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Voltaire, c.1880, a cast bronze decorative appliqué, unsigned, bust right, 85 x 55mm. Very fine, with screw hole on back; perhaps designed to adorn a cabinet or piece of furniture (£60-80)

François Marie Arouet (1694-1778), essayist, poet and dramatist; adopted the name Voltaire in 1718 after a year in the Bastille