G. F. Watts

Sir Alfred Gilbert, R. A. (1854-1934)

c. 1888

Bronze rich dark brown and red/brown patination

6 1/4 inches (15.95 cm.) on an ebonised plinth

A rotatable QuickTime VR image of the bust.

Photograph and text by Robert Bowman 2008

Robert Bowman and the Fine Art Society, London, have most generously given their permission to use information, images, and text from span class="sculpture">Sir Alfred Gilbert and the New Sculpture in the Victorian Web. Copyright on text and images from their catalogues remains, of course, with them. [GPL]

References

Bowman, Robert. Sir Alfred Gilbert and the New Sculpture. London: The Fine Art Society, 2008. Pp. xxx.

Dorment, Richard. Alfred Gilbert. New Haven and London: 1985. Pp. 128-30.

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Last modified 4 June 2008