CAST BY ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, FROM THE MODEL BY SIR JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A VICTORIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A GRENADIER GUARDSMAN
CAST BY ELKINGTON & CO., BIRMINGHAM, FROM THE MODEL BY SIR JOSEPH EDGAR BOEHM, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Modelled in full uniform, on a square base incised 'GRENADIER 1^S^T GUARDS 1815, J.E.BOEHM.SC^R' and stamped 'ELKINGTON & C^O', on an ebonised plinth base
22¾ in. (58 cm.) high

Provenance

Almost certainly acquired by George, 3rd Baron Raglan (1857-1921) who was a Grenadier Guardsman.

Special notice

This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

Lot Essay

This bronze was designed by Sir Joseph Boehm to stand at the Corner of the monument to Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, at Hyde Park Corner. The monument was unveiled on 21 December 1888 by the Prince of Wales, having been commissioned as part of the re-design of Hyde Park corner which had begun in 1883. It features the Duke of Wellington astride his horse Copenhagen atop a plinth, at each corner of which is a soldier from the four nations of the United Kingdom. The monument was Boehm's most ambitious, expensive and prominently located commission, and was designed by him between 1884-8. Elkington & Co. produced a limited number of the corner figures.

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