BY F.A.LEGE (1779-1837), DATED 1823

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A GEORGE IV WHITE MARBLE FIGURE OF A RECLINING NUDE
BY F.A.LEGE (1779-1837), DATED 1823
Signed 'F. A. LEGE. sculp / 1823'
12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) long; 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) deep

Literature

C. Hussey, 'Fyfield Manor, Wiltshire - III, the Home of the Earl and Countess of Avon', Country Life, 5 October 1961, p. 752 (illustrated in Lady Avon's bedroom).
R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, revised edition, London, 1968, p. 237.
I. Roscoe, Biographical Dictionary of Sculpture in Britain 1660-1851, revised edition, London, 2009, p. 733 no.11.

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Lot Essay

Rupert Gunnis wrote in his seminal work, that 'This enchanting and delicate work might at first sight be taken for contemporary French sculpture, for it has all the charm of that country. On closer examination, however, it shows that curious virginal English frigidity which seems to add to its beauty'.

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