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Sculpture: S0001

Title

Marie Bancroft

Technique

Marble

Subject

Artist

Date

1879

Dimensions

Height: 70cm
Width: 47cm
Depth: 26cm

Other materials

White marble; on red composition column with black base 107 h., c. 25 diam., base 27.5 sq.

Inscription/signature

"G / 1879" (verso); "MARIE BANCROFT / H. S. H. COUNT GLEICHEN / PRESENTED TO THE GARRICK CLUB / BY S. B. BANCROFT" (incised in column and touched in with gold)

Provenance

Sir Squire Bancroft, by whom presented c. 1893

Other number

Gift 238

Exhibition history

1880 London, R.A. (1583)

Related works

See S0002 with which it forms a pair

There is some damage to the base of this bust. Lady Bancroft was the wife of Sir Squire Bancroft.
The Bancrofts took over the Haymarket in 1879, and their management opened there on 31 January 1880. It seems likely that the busts (S0001 and S0002) were commissioned to celebrate the event, and, possibly, to decorate one of the foyers.
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