LOT DETAILS

Materials:

white marble

Measurements:

72.83 in. (185.00 cm.) (height) by 92.13 in. (234.00 cm.) (width) by 34.25 in. (87.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated: E. H. BAILY. R.A. / Sculp t . / 1849

Exhibited:

Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1849 (1209)

Literature:

Author Unknown, 'The Graces: From the Group in Marble by E. H. Baily, R. A.'. The Art Journal, vol. XII, 1850, p.198 (illustrated); A. Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors, London 1905, pp. 93-5; R. Gunnis,. Dictionary of British. Sculptors 1660-1851, London, pp. 32-6; J. Kenworthy-Browne, 'Marbles from a Victorian Fantasy' in. Country Life, 22nd September 1966, vol. 140, pp. 708-12 (illustrated); I. Roscoe, A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660-1851, New Haven and London, 2009, pp. 55-64

Provenance:

Joseph Neeld (1789-1856), Grittleton House, Wiltshire: his sale, Christie's, 22 September 1966, lot 6, Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti (1927-2015), Henbury Hall, Cheshire