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A VICTORIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN FIGURE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON HORSEBACK
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A VICTORIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN FIGURE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON HORSEBACK

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALFRED-GUILLAUME-GABRIEL, COMTE D'ORSAY, DATED 1848

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A VICTORIAN BRONZE EQUESTRIAN FIGURE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON HORSEBACK
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY ALFRED-GUILLAUME-GABRIEL, COMTE D'ORSAY, DATED 1848
In military uniform, astride Copenhagen, on a naturalistically-cast base, signed and dated 'COMTE D'ORSAY SCULPT. 1848' and stamped 'T. W. NO. 35'
16 in. (41 cm.) high; 10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) wide; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) deep
來源
According to family repute, acquired at or shortly after the Great Exhibition (1851) by Henry and Caroline Baker, Henry being the son of the London architect Sir Robert Baker. Thence by family descent.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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After seeing d'Orsay's work, a delighted Duke of Wellington declared that he was the only artist who had managed to depict him looking like a gentleman. The Comte d'Orsay was a leading social figure in London and Paris who, among other claims to fame, wrote a fashion column in London's Daily News in the 1830s.

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