LOT DETAILS

Materials:

white marble, on a white marble socle

Measurements:

26.57 in. (67.50 cm.) (height)

Markings:

signed and dated: Nollekens F t . 1811.

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1811, no. 949

Literature:

A. Graves, . The Royal Academy of Arts, A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904, London, 1905, p. 382;. I. Roscoe, E. Hardy and M. G. Sullivan, . A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851, London, 2009, p. 909, no. 303

Provenance:

Commissioned by the sitter and thence by descent in the Rous family, Hensham Hall, Suffolk;. their sale, Hensham Hall, Suffolk, Prudential Fine Art Auctioneers, 10-12 October 1988, lot 504;. William Berger (1925-1999) and Bernadette Berger (d. 2015);. Sotheby's London, 8 December 2009, lot 82;. private collection, United Kingtom