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Sculpture: S0001
Title
Marie Bancroft
Technique
Marble
Subject
Artist
Date
1879
Dimensions
Height: 70cm
Width: 47cm
Depth: 26cm
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.
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.
