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Materials:

bronze, dark brown patination

Measurements:

14.57 in. (37.00 cm.) (height)

Description:

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Markings:

inscribed around the edge of the base Camille Leroux JH Lavalette J'E, and Cresson editeur

Exhibited:

Literature: This bronze figure is mentioned in P. Kjellberg's Bronzes of the 19th century, Schiffer, US, 1994, page 416. It was cast in 1844, and a cast in bronze appeared at the Museum of decorative arts, Paris. The sculptor also produced a bronze of Mademoiselle George ans le role de Lucrece Borgia, which was at the Paris Salon in 1850.Camille Leroux was a famous female equestrian circus performer, she came from Franconi's in Paris to England in 1843. The Illustrated London News, January 28th 1843 reported that "Mdlle. Camille Leroux is a young French woman, of great personal attractions, who performs a variety of feats of horsemanship with a degree of mingled grace and dexterity, which entitle her to the palm as a female equestrian, and almost induce the spectator to give to such displays a higher and better place in his esteem than of right belongs to them. She rides with firmness, and guides her well-trained steeds through their varied evolutions in a style which would have placed her high in the betting at the Olympic games, and made many an old Grecian's eye sparkle with gratification. She comes to us from Franconi's, the Parisian Astley's, and although not yet out of her teens, has in Madrid and other parts of Spain, as well as in many of the chief towns in Germany."

Literature:

This bronze figure is mentioned in P. Kjellberg's Bronzes of the 19th century, Schiffer, US, 1994, page 416. It was cast in 1844, and a cast in bronze appeared at the Museum of decorative arts, Paris. The sculptor also produced a bronze of Mademoiselle George ans le role de Lucrece Borgia, which was exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1850