Bruce Bernard wrote that 'Talbot photographed a plaster cast of a Roman bust of Patroclus that he owned. Like any well observed and lit sculpture it looks at least as alive in a photograph as it does seen directly by the eye. Patroclus looks more like a mature general than a young warrior, but it is both an impressive portrait sculpture and photograph.'

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Bruce Bernard wrote that 'Talbot photographed a plaster cast of a Roman bust of Patroclus that he owned. Like any well observed and lit sculpture it looks at least as alive in a photograph as it does seen directly by the eye. Patroclus looks more like a mature general than a young warrior, but it is both an impressive portrait sculpture and photograph.'