A reconstituted stone model of Phocian the Good, mid 19th century, by Austin and Seeley, the general's helmeted head turned slightly to sinister, above the draped torso, his weight on his left leg, against a tree stump on an integral square section base, raised on a square section plinth, the figure 230cm high, the plinth 94cm high, 324cm high overallwas a statesman and strategos of Athens during the Macedonian expansion into the city states to the south. He lived til he was 84, having occupied the most important Athenian offices of state for much of his life.& Seeley were the biggest manufacturer of garden ornaments and statues in artificial stone in England in the mid 19th century. Their material was a mixture of Portland cement, ground stone, pulverised marble and coarse sand. From 1826 onwards the sculptor Felix Austin worked with marble memorials in numerous churches and in circa 1840 he teamed up with John Seeley to form Austin & Seeley.model in this lot appears in the SPECIMEN BOOK OF AUSTIN & SEELEY'S ARTIFICIAL STONE MANUFACTORY, 1841
A reconstituted stone model of Phocian the Good, mid 19th century, by Austin and Seeley, the general's helmeted head turned slightly to sinister, above the draped torso, his weight on his left leg, against a tree stump on an integral square section base, raised on a square section plinth, the figure 230cm high, the plinth 94cm high, 324cm high overallwas a statesman and strategos of Athens during the Macedonian expansion into the city states to the south. He lived til he was 84, having occupied the most important Athenian offices of state for much of his life.& Seeley were the biggest manufacturer of garden ornaments and statues in artificial stone in England in the mid 19th century. Their material was a mixture of Portland cement, ground stone, pulverised marble and coarse sand. From 1826 onwards the sculptor Felix Austin worked with marble memorials in numerous churches and in circa 1840 he teamed up with John Seeley to form Austin & Seeley.model in this lot appears in the SPECIMEN BOOK OF AUSTIN & SEELEY'S ARTIFICIAL STONE MANUFACTORY, 1841
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