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'JOAN OF ARC' A RARE CAST EARTHENWARE AND HAND-FINISHED SCULPTURE BY STANLEY THOROGOOD, DATED 1919
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'JOAN OF ARC' A RARE CAST EARTHENWARE AND HAND-FINISHED SCULPTURE BY STANLEY THOROGOOD, DATED 1919

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'JOAN OF ARC' A RARE CAST EARTHENWARE AND HAND-FINISHED SCULPTURE
BY STANLEY THOROGOOD, DATED 1919
modelled on horseback fighting soldiers, a fallen soldier at the base, glazed in colours incised mark and date (missing metal and enamel flag (minor firing fault and glaze nick to base)
16.5in (42cm) high
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Lot Essay

Stanley Thorogood (1873-1953) designed this impressive figure originally for the 1919 Royal Academy exhibition, and kept an example of it in his collection. The design of the figure group was inspired by the book illustrations of Ducourtioux et Huillard who produced wood engravings for Boutet de Monvel's Jeanne d'Arc published in 1896 that was in Thorogood's possession from 1898. Stanley Thorogood's version was donated to the Victoria & Albert Museum (VA. C10:1-3 1993).

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