Lot 76
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AN ENGLISH WHITE MARBLE THREE-QUARTER LENGTH BUST OF A GIRL
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AN ENGLISH WHITE MARBLE THREE-QUARTER LENGTH BUST OF A GIRL

BY PETER HOLLINS, DATED 1853

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AN ENGLISH WHITE MARBLE THREE-QUARTER LENGTH BUST OF A GIRL
BY PETER HOLLINS, DATED 1853
Depicted with her head lowered slightly to sinister, wearing a chemise and holding a posy, on an octagonal socle with Greek-key decoration to the front, the reverse signed and dated '1853 P. HOLLINS BIRMH'
20 in. (51 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Peter Hollins (1800 - 1886) as a young man left his native Birmingham to study in London under Chantrey and, at his best, was compared very favourably with his mentor. Perhaps Hollins's most celebrated work is the monument to Lady Bradford, executed in 1842, at Weston, in Shropshire.

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