Bacon first attempted working in marble around 1763, when he resided in George Yard on Oxford Road near Soho Square. He exhibited a medallion of George III and a group of Bacchanalians that year and a bas relief of the Good Samaritan the next. During this period, he was led to improve the method of transferring the form of the model to the marble ("getting out the points") by the invention of a more perfect instrument for the purpose. This instrument possessed many advantages: it was more exact, took a correct measurement in every direction, was contained in a small compass, and could be used on either the model or the marble.
bacon first attempted working in marble around 1763 when he resided in george yard on oxford road near soho square he exhibited a medallion of george iii and a group of bacchanalians that year and a bas relief of the good samaritan the next during this period he was led to improve the method of transferring the form of the model to the marble ("getting out the points") by the invention of a more perfect instrument for the purpose this instrument possessed many advantages it was more exact took a correct measurement in every direction was contained in a small compass and could be used on either the model or the marble