AN ENGLISH PLASTER RELIEF ENTITLED 'BLUEBELL', cast from the model by Sir Richard Westmacott Jr, depicting a winged fairy seated amidst bluebells and tendrils, signed WESTMACOTT Jr. Ft Feby 1st 1836, in a black-painted glazed frame, mid-19th Century

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AN ENGLISH PLASTER RELIEF ENTITLED 'BLUEBELL', cast from the model by Sir Richard Westmacott Jr, depicting a winged fairy seated amidst bluebells and tendrils, signed WESTMACOTT Jr. Ft Feby 1st 1836, in a black-painted glazed frame, mid-19th Century

the relief: 21in. (53.3cm.) x 14in. (35cm.)
the frame: 25¼in. (64.2cm.) x 18½in. (47cm.)

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Frasers Literary Chronicle, 1836, p. 414 (quoted below)
Fine Arts, R.A. Exhibition, no. 1143, Bluebell, by R. Westmacott Jr.
Art Journal 1849, p.56
R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors, London, pp. 429-9

Lot Essay

A contemporary wrote of this composition: "Under this unassuming title is represented one of the most exquisitively beautiful bas-reliefs, both as to design and execution, we have ever seen; it is said that Lord Northwick has given another proof of his taste and judgement in adding this little gem to his collection"

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