Beschreibung:

Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm R.A., (1834 - 1890), a sculpted white marble bust, probably portraying Octavia Hill, portrayed looking straight ahead, her centrally parted hair tied behind, her collar tied with a neat bow; inscribed to the reverse of the circular section waisted socle E. BOEHM Sc. 1865 LONDON 67cm high, 44cm wide PROVENANCE: Purchased Sotheby's New York, the Cyril Humphris Collection, 11th January 1995, where the bust was described as representing Catherine Charlotte Maberly. Previously Sir Colin Anderson, Bt. COMPARATIVE EXAMPLES: Sotheby's London, Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Sculpture, 15th March 1991, lot 96, (in which the model was identified as Maberly) Sotheby's London, 19th and 20th Century Sculpture Including Romantics to Deco: A Parisian Collection, 16th December 2015, lot 25, (in which the model was identified as Hill) See lot 151 below for notes on Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm