Louis Colville Gray Clarke, Litt. D. (1881-1960)
Sculptor: Epstein, Jacob
Bronze, cast, with green patina. Front view, full face, the hair brushed back. A flower in the button-hole of the coat.
History note: Purchased from the sculptor
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 20 3/4 in
Width: 21 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1951) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
20th Century, Mid
1950s
George VI
Production date:
AD 1951
In 1941, Clarke gave the Museum Epstein’s bronze portrait-head of Romilly John (M.157-1941). Following his retirement, the Friends of the Fitzwilliam commissioned Epstein to make a portrait of Clarke. The present bronze is the only version to have been cast from the original model, which makes it doubly unique since all of Epstein’s other models were cast in multiple editions.
Louis Clarke was a British archaeologist. He was born in Croydon on 2 May 1881, tenth son and youngest of the fourteen children of Stephenson Clarke, coal factor, and his wife, Agnes Maria Bridger. He was Curator of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, between 1922 and 1937 and then Director of Fitzwilliam Museum between 1937 and 1946. He was a fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Exterior
composed of
patina
( green)
Sculpture
Depth 26.7 cm
Height 53 cm
Width 52.6 cm
Casting (process) : Bronze cast and patinated
Accession number: M.14-1951
Primary reference Number: 12446
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_14_1951
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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