Details
| Artist | Hamo Thornycroft, English, 1850-1925 |
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| Foundry | Hatfield Foundry |
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| Date | 1904 |
| Medium | bronze |
| Dimensions | Overall: 29 1/2 × 18 1/2 × 8 1/4 inches (74.9 × 47 × 21 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Alvan Macauley, Jr. Fund and Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund |
| Accession Number | 81.703 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | British S3AA, Level 3 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed and dated, on front of base: Hamo Thornycroft 1881[date of the first life-size plaster version of the piece, made for the Royal Academy] Signed and dated, on front of base: Hamo Thornycroft 1910 [date of this bronze cast] Signed and dated, in black ink, on the underside of the base: [signature] 1910 [This may refer to the date of this bronze's sale] |
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Provenance
Earl of Rosebery and family (Mentmore Towers, England).
(Anthony Roth);
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
(Anthony Roth);
1981-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Works of Art and Silver, vol. II. Sales cat., Sotheby Park-Bernet. London, Mentmore House, May 18-23, 1977, p. 61, lot 342.
Manning, E. Marble and Bronze, the Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft. London and Westfield, 1982, p. 14, fig. 2 (ill).
Bulletin of the DIA 60, nos. 1 and 2 (1981/82): p. 5 (ill.).
Manning, E. Marble and Bronze, the Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft. London and Westfield, 1982, p. 14, fig. 2 (ill).
Bulletin of the DIA 60, nos. 1 and 2 (1981/82): p. 5 (ill.).