Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, bronze prize medal by C.E. Barber, figure of Christopher Columbus modelled by A. St. Gaudens, reverse legend on tablet, named (George Frampton), 77mm (BDM I, 122; Eglitt 90). Good very fine (£100-150) Footnote Sir George James Frampton ARA (1860-1928), London sculptor of international renown; entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1881; multiple prize winner, graduating in 1887 with the Academy’s gold medal and £200; studied sculpture in Paris under Mercié and began exhibiting at the Salon in 1889 and the Royal Academy in 1890; designed several medals, including the Winchester Quincentenary, 1893, Glasgow University, 1895, Charles Keene, 1897, and City Imperial Volunteers, 1901; among his many statues in England and throughout the world are several memorials of Victoria, and the lions at the entrance to the exterior of the British Museum
Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, bronze prize medal by C.E. Barber, figure of Christopher Columbus modelled by A. St. Gaudens, reverse legend on tablet, named (George Frampton), 77mm (BDM I, 122; Eglitt 90). Good very fine (£100-150) Footnote Sir George James Frampton ARA (1860-1928), London sculptor of international renown; entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1881; multiple prize winner, graduating in 1887 with the Academy’s gold medal and £200; studied sculpture in Paris under Mercié and began exhibiting at the Salon in 1889 and the Royal Academy in 1890; designed several medals, including the Winchester Quincentenary, 1893, Glasgow University, 1895, Charles Keene, 1897, and City Imperial Volunteers, 1901; among his many statues in England and throughout the world are several memorials of Victoria, and the lions at the entrance to the exterior of the British Museum
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