European Sculpture and Works of Art 900-1900

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Lot 108
  • 108

Joseph Edgar Boehm British, 1834-1890

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Description

  • Joseph Edgar Boehm
  • captain anstruther- thomson on rainbow
  • signed: J.E. Boehm and inscribed with the dedication To Mr John Perry from the Artist 1867
  • white plaster

Catalogue Note

The present work is the artist's original plaster for the unique bronze cast commissioned by the Anstruther family, and which he personally gifted to Mr. Perry. Boehm was Sculptor in Ordinary to Queen Victoria and a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy.

John Anstruther-Thomson (1818-1904) was the son of John Anstruther and his wife Clementina, daughter of William Adam of Blair Adam. He was one of the most prominent figures in the history of hunting, but was most celebrated as Master of the Fife, a post he held three times. He was also well known in the Pytchley and Atherstone hunts and was Master of the latter.

RELATED LITERATURE

Read p.337; Stocker ill.64