BY HOLME CARDWELL (1813-1898), ROME, CIRCA 1844-1847

Cardwell attended the Royal Academy Schools in 1834 on the recommendation of Sir Francis Chantrey RA and then moved to Paris, reputedly to work under David d'Angers, where he won aclaim at the Académie Royale, before moving on to Rome . Roscoe notes that in 1844 a visitor to Cardwell's studio in Rome mentioned that the sculptor had just arrived in the city and was engaged on a group of greyhounds playing, which 'shows a keen observation of Nature, and great power' (Roscoe, loc. cit.). A marble of the same subject, signed and dated 1847, was sold at Sotheby's London, 8 July 2003, lot 174.