Lot Essay
This present charming statuette of Peter Pan is a comparatively early reduction of the life-size statue erected by an anonymous donor in Kensington Gardens in 1912. The statue stands at the spot where, as recounted in Barrie's Little White Bird, Peter Pan lands for his nightly visits to the Gardens and where he pipes to the spirits of the children who have played there. The figure is mounted on a bronze rock inhabited by a host of fairies, rabbits and other woodland creatures. The success of the statue was instant, amongst children and adults alike and its popular appeal led Frampton to produce a bronze reduction of the main figure as an independent statue.