John Henry Foley (Irish, 1818-1874): An impressive late 19th century patinated bronze figure of Oliver Goldsmithcast by Elkington & Co.
the electro cast figure modelled in contraposto and clad in a frock coat and breeches, his face downcast and his left hand supporting an open book, raised on shallow square plinth base signed to the cast J.H.FOLEY -RA, London, Sc and with Elkington & Co foundry mark, 101cm high overallFootnotesCast in bronze by the Birmingham founders Elkington & Co after a model by the sculptor John Henry Foley, depicting the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (c.1728–1774), the offered lot is a reduced version of a larger one erected in 1864 outside Trinity College in Dublin which was commissioned along with a pendant statue of the Irish political writer Edmund Burke.
Depicted in contemporary dress and looking down reading a book which he holds on his left hand, and with a pen in his right hand, Goldsmith is probably best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield published in 1766 which was a favourite of nineteenth century Victorian readers.
For a comparable figure of identical size probably acquired by Queen Victoria, see The Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 36124.
John Henry Foley (Irish, 1818-1874): An impressive late 19th century patinated bronze figure of Oliver Goldsmithcast by Elkington & Co.
the electro cast figure modelled in contraposto and clad in a frock coat and breeches, his face downcast and his left hand supporting an open book, raised on shallow square plinth base signed to the cast J.H.FOLEY -RA, London, Sc and with Elkington & Co foundry mark, 101cm high overallFootnotesCast in bronze by the Birmingham founders Elkington & Co after a model by the sculptor John Henry Foley, depicting the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (c.1728–1774), the offered lot is a reduced version of a larger one erected in 1864 outside Trinity College in Dublin which was commissioned along with a pendant statue of the Irish political writer Edmund Burke.
Depicted in contemporary dress and looking down reading a book which he holds on his left hand, and with a pen in his right hand, Goldsmith is probably best known for his novel The Vicar of Wakefield published in 1766 which was a favourite of nineteenth century Victorian readers.
For a comparable figure of identical size probably acquired by Queen Victoria, see The Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 36124.
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