Lot 179
179
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF STONE FIGURES OF HENRY VIII AND JANE SEYMOUR, by Charles R. Smith, the King standing against a stool, looking to his left and wearing a feathered cap, holding a pair of gloves in his left hand and a scroll in his right hand; his Queen standing, looking forward and wearing a cap, with strings of beads around her neck and holding a rose in her left hand, each on a square plinth and pedestal base of slab construction (the king with some chipping; her head restored at the neck, all four fingers on her right hand broken, slight chips to drapery; chips to pedestals, both with slight weathering)

Details
A PAIR OF STONE FIGURES OF HENRY VIII AND JANE SEYMOUR, by Charles R. Smith, the King standing against a stool, looking to his left and wearing a feathered cap, holding a pair of gloves in his left hand and a scroll in his right hand; his Queen standing, looking forward and wearing a cap, with strings of beads around her neck and holding a rose in her left hand, each on a square plinth and pedestal base of slab construction (the king with some chipping; her head restored at the neck, all four fingers on her right hand broken, slight chips to drapery; chips to pedestals, both with slight weathering)
Henry VIII: 69½in. (176.5cm.) high
Jane Seymour: 63½in. (161.3cm.) high
the pedestals: 28in. (71cm.) square; 22¾in. (58cm.) high
Provenance
Mamhead Park, Devon.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE
C. Hussey, Mamhead, Devon-I, Country Life, May 26th, 1955.
C. Hussey, Mamhead, Devon-II, Country Life, June 2nd, 1955.

Lot Essay

The present four figures (lots 179 and 180) commissioned in 1838, by Sir Richard Newman, Bt., in celebratation of his Baronetcy, were positioned in the Long Gallery at Mamhead Park. They consisted of a series of heroic figures of English Kings and Queens, as well as the most notable personnages of their reigns. The long gallery and house, designed in the Tudor-Gothic style by Anthony Salvin (d. 1881) between 1828-38 reflects the picturesque antiquarian fashion.

These figures are regarded as the most notable works of Charles R. Smith (1798-1888). Lord Landsdowne, commissioned in 1841 from Smith, the celebrated figures, now at Bowood, of Michelangelo and Raphael.

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