19th and 20th Century Sculpture

19th and 20th Century Sculpture

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 67. ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS WOOLNER (1825-1892) BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY | PORTRAIT OF A MAN, POSSIBLY SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES.

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS WOOLNER (1825-1892) BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY | PORTRAIT OF A MAN, POSSIBLY SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES

Auction Closed

July 10, 03:03 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS WOOLNER (1825-1892)

BRITISH, 19TH CENTURY

PORTRAIT OF A MAN, POSSIBLY SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES


plaster, in an ebonised wood glazed frame

41cm., 16¼in. overall


Thomas Woolner executed a monumental figure of Sir Stamford Raffles in 1887, which shows a figure with similar facial features as the present lot. The distinctive facial hair can be seen on other portraits of Raffles of the time.