A Regency faux-patinated bronze plaster standing figure of a classically draped maiden, by Humphrey Hopper, London dated Nov. 1, 1815

signed H. Hopper, London on the reverse, dated November 1, 1815.

Christie's London, April 24, 2008, lot 2

Good condition; the figure's left arem with an old repaired crack with inpainting; the faux patinated decoration appears to be mostly original; some minor chips and wear to the decoration.
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Born in 1767, Humphrey Hopper attended the Royal Academy Schools and in 1803 was awarded a Gold Medal for his 'Death of Meleager'. His most famous work is the marble monument to General Hay in St. Paul's Cathedral, which was commissioned by the government in 1814. Hopper exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1799 and 1834, and together with busts, statues and other sculptures in marble, produced a wide range of ornamental figures in plaster and terracotta intended as supports for lamps, candelabra and clocks.

In 1813 the architect Lewis Wyatt supplied a set of four related figures by Hopper for the wall niches of the dining room at Hackwood Park, Hampshire Park, sold Christie's, 20-22 April 1998, lot 159. Other related examples include a pair of candelabra sold Sotheby’s, London, 4 July 1997, lot 4 and a pair of figures again sold Sotheby’s, London, 29 November 2000, lot 6.