LOT DETAILS

Materials:

white marble

Size Notes:

the plinth, 42cm high

Description:

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Markings:

signed to one side HOLME CARDWELL OF MANCHESTER, Sculpt. ROME 1862

Literature:

Related Literature: ,R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, The Abbey Library, London, p 78.,D. Bilbey & M. Trusted, British Sculpture 1470-2000 A Concise Catalogue of the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, V&A Publications, London, 2002, page 232.,Mapping the Practise and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII online database 2011

Provenance:

Exhibited at the International Exhibition, London 1862, British Division, Class XXXIX, sculpture, models, die-sinking and intaglios, Section B – living artist. Listed as property of artist ,See International Exhibition 1862, Official Catalogue, p. 141, Trusscot, son and Simmons, London, (National Art Library)~Formerly in the collection of Lord Charles Forte of Ripley (British-Italian, 1908-2007), entrepreneur, restaurateur, hotelier and founder of the Trust House Forte Hotel Group. ,The statue was then installed for the opening of the Ninety Park Lane restaurant in 1982. It was later removed to the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane when the restaurant was purchased by Nico Ladenis and renamed Chez Nico at Ninety in 1992