A BRONZE FIGURE OF CARACTACUS

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A BRONZE FIGURE OF CARACTACUS
CAST FROM A MODEL BY SIR JOHN HENRY FOLEY, ENGLISH, 19TH CENTURY

The hero standing with one hand raised and the other resting his axe on his shield, inscribed 'J.H. FOLEY. RA. Sc LONDON. 1860.', 'ELKINGTON & C^o FOUNDERS' and 'ART-UNION. OF. LONDON. 1861' ----- 31 3/8in. (79.6cm.) high, brown patina

Lot Essay

Cf. S. Beattie, The New Sculpture, New Haven and London, 1983, pp.1-2, 182, pl. 2 and C. Avery and M. Marsh, "The bronze Statuettes of the Art Union of London", Apollo, May 1985, pp. 328-337, pl. 13 for other examples.

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