A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN BRONZE MODELS OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON AND FRANCIS BACON

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER WILLIAM BEATTIE (FL.1829-1868)

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A PAIR OF MID-VICTORIAN BRONZE MODELS OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON AND FRANCIS BACON
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, AFTER WILLIAM BEATTIE (fl.1829-1868)
The bases with cast names 'NEWTON' and 'BEATTIE' and with cast signatures 'W.BEATTIE SCULP^T LOND', on square section plinths
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

William Beattie exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1829 to 1867 and at the British Institute from 1834 to 1848. He designed a silver vase representing 'The Triumph of Science and the Industrial Arts' for Elkington & Co at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The present lot relates to the four statuettes of Newton, Bacon, Shakespeare and Watt decorating the body of this vase commemorating Astronomy, Philosophy, Poetry and Mechanics.

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