Lot 522
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY AT A STREAM
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY AT A STREAM

MID-19TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL BY JOHN HENRY FOLEY R.A. (1818-1874)

Details
A BRONZE FIGURE OF A BOY AT A STREAM
MID-19TH CENTURY, AFTER A MODEL BY JOHN HENRY FOLEY R.A. (1818-1874)
Inscribed 'J.H.FOLEY SCULP./EXECUTED FOR THE ART UNION OF LONDON 1846', inventory number '193'
21¾in. (55.3cm.) high
Literature
F.Russell ed., The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, revised edition 1991, p.64, no.193.
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Lot Essay

This statuette was offered to subscribers by the Art Union of London in 1846. It is a reduction of a life-size marble which had enjoyed success in the Westminster Hall Exhibition of 1844.
C.Avery and M.Marsh The Bronze Statuettes of the Art Union of London: The Rise and Decline of Victorian Taste in Sculpture, Apollo, May 1985, pp.328-337.

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