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Lot Essay
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Godfrey Sykes was born in Malton, 1824 and studied at the Sheffield School of Design, where he later became a teacher. His work was greatly influenced by that of Raphael and Michelangelo. He was asked to come to London to work on the Victoria & Albert Museum by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, and the columns he designed in the Horticultural Garden are visible today. It was said of him by J.H. Pulten in a posthumous exhibition held in June 1866 at the V&A that, "his energy and feeling for architecture were exceptional." He is also remembered for designing the cover of the first edition of The Cornhill Magazine in 1860.
Godfrey Sykes was born in Malton, 1824 and studied at the Sheffield School of Design, where he later became a teacher. His work was greatly influenced by that of Raphael and Michelangelo. He was asked to come to London to work on the Victoria & Albert Museum by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, and the columns he designed in the Horticultural Garden are visible today. It was said of him by J.H. Pulten in a posthumous exhibition held in June 1866 at the V&A that, "his energy and feeling for architecture were exceptional." He is also remembered for designing the cover of the first edition of The Cornhill Magazine in 1860.