Lot 6
6
A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A BOY
A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A BOY

BY JOHN WARRINGTON WOOD, 1866

Details
A WHITE MARBLE BUST OF A BOY
BY JOHN WARRINGTON WOOD, 1866
The reverse signed 'J.WARRINGTON WOOD/ROME./1866', on an associated white marble socle; together with a 'verde-antico' scagliola pedestal, 19th century
The bust: 21 in. (53 cm.) high
The pedestal: 48 ¼ in. (122.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Lt. Col. Herbert James Hope-Edwardes, Netley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent to
Lady More (née Hope-Edwardes, formerly, Coldwell) at Netley Hall and subsequently Linley Hall, Shropshire, and by descent.
Literature
Photographed in situ in the inner hall, Netley Hall, circa 1905.
A. Oswald, 'Linley Hall, Shropshire -II, The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Jasper More.', Country Life, 14 September 1961, p. 558, illustrated in the entrance hall.

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Lot Essay

John Warrington Wood (1839-1886) who was born John Wood, adopted the name of his home town as his middle name in order to distinguish himself from the elder sculptor also named John Wood. After training as a stone mason, he moved to Rome in 1861 where he spent most of his career. He specialised in portrait busts as well as mythological and biblical subjects, Wood exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1868 and 1874. Amongst his better known works are the figures of Michelangelo and Raphael which stand at the entrance of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

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