A BRONZE MODEL OF THE RT. HON. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, PRIME MINISTER AND CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB

BY WILLIAM GRANT STEVENSON A.R.S.A (1849-1919), CIRCA 1900

Details

A BRONZE MODEL OF THE RT. HON. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, PRIME MINISTER AND CAPTAIN OF THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT GOLF CLUB
BY WILLIAM GRANT STEVENSON A.R.S.A (1849-1919), CIRCA 1900
Modelled as standing holding a golf club in his right hand, on a rectangular base
16 1/8 in. (41.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's Musselburgh, 13 July 1992, lot 384.

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Lot Essay

Arthur James Balfour was Captain of the Royal & Ancient in 1894, Chief Secretary to Ireland and Prime Minister from 1902 to 1906. It is likely that this bronze depicts him during the period of his Royal and Ancient Captaincy.

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