Lot Essay
In 1885 Pietrò Calvi exhibited two bronze and marble busts at the Paris Salon. It is quite possible that the present bust is one of these two, catalogue number 3419, entitled Ben-Ali-ben-Zadiar.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (d.1911) was one of the foremost botanists of the nineteenth century. On his fathers death in 1865, Hooker succeeded to the directorship of Kew Gardens. He travelled extensively on numerous expeditions. In 1871 he organised an expedition to Morocco, and was accompanied by John Ball and George Maw.
See footnote to lot 245 for a footnote to Pietrò Calvi.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (d.1911) was one of the foremost botanists of the nineteenth century. On his fathers death in 1865, Hooker succeeded to the directorship of Kew Gardens. He travelled extensively on numerous expeditions. In 1871 he organised an expedition to Morocco, and was accompanied by John Ball and George Maw.
See footnote to lot 245 for a footnote to Pietrò Calvi.