Lot 128
  • 128

John Willis Good British, 1845-1879

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Description

  • John Willis Good
  • a huntsman with two hounds
  • signed and dated: J. Willis Good 1875 and inscribed COX & SONs. FOUNDERS
  • bronze, rich dark brown patina

Catalogue Note

The Cox & Sons foundry operated from 1874 becoming the Burton foundry until it closed its doors in 1939.  Willis Good was the foremost animalier sculptor of the third quarter of the nineteenth century, to when the present bronze dates, during which time he regularly exhibited in the Royal Academy from 1870 until his early death aged 34 in 1879.  See also the entry for the following lot.