Lot Essay
Stylistically, the present bronze may be attributed to Paul Troubetzkoy. The absence of a signature may suggest that this portrait is one of his earliest works, executed before his reputation as a society sculptor was established. Troubetzkoy is known to have visited London for the first time in 1888, at the age of 22, and it is therefore quite conceivable that he met and sketched Stevenson during that visit, prior to the latter's departure for the United States and Pacific Islands, whence he never returned.
This lot is sold together with correspondence from John Grioni which corroborates this attribution.
This lot is sold together with correspondence from John Grioni which corroborates this attribution.