AFTER ANTIQUE
Sophocles 1825-50
85.0 x 30.5 x 24.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41192
Pavilion Entrance Hall, Osborne House
A bronze statuette of Sophocles standing at full-length, wearing a toga; his right hand held on his chest, his left hand on his hip; a container holding scrolls rests at his right foot; on a rectangular base.
Provenance
Given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert, 24th December 1848. [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 456]
SUSSE FRÈRES
Mantel clock 1800-99
59.0 x 53.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41195
Pavilion Entrance Hall, Osborne House
A bronze and black marble mantel clock of rectangular breakfront form; the dial with blue painted numerals flanked by bronze plaques of Diana and Venus; surmounted by a figure of Sappho seated facing the right, legs crossed, her lyre on the ground
AFTER ANTIQUE
Aristides 1825-50
83.0 x 33.0 x 21.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 41191
Pavilion Entrance Hall, Osborne House
A bronze statuette of Aristides standing at full-length, looking half to the left; with a beard and wearing a toga, his right hand across his chest; on a rectangular base.
PROVENANCE
Given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert, 24th December 1848. [Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010, pg 456]