Lot 159
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A Victorian bronze bust of a gentleman with side whiskers
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A Victorian bronze bust of a gentleman with side whiskers

BY ELKINGTON & CO.

Details
A Victorian bronze bust of a gentleman with side whiskers
By Elkington & Co.
The reverse stamped Executed by Elkington Mason & Co.
8in. (23cm.) high
And a Victorian electrotype bust of Gladstone, by Elkington, after Thomas Woolner, stamped to the side T.WOOLNER Sc. 1882, stamped to the reverse ELKINGTON and W.E.GLADSTONE -- 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high (2)
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Sale room notice
The illustration of this lot on page 28 of the catalogue has been incorrectly numbered as 157.

Lot Essay

Thomas Woolner R.A (1825-1892)
Woolner's most famous commission is the bronze figure of Captain Cook for Hyde Park, Sydney (1879). He emigrated to Australia in 1852 in the pursuit of gold, but failed to secure both gold and a major commission for a statue of William Charles Wentworth in Sydney. He returned to London in 1854.

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