Head of Walter Sickert (1860-1942)
Sculptor: Stirling Lee, Thomas
Bronze, cast, and patinated brown. Of approximately circular outline, depicting the head of the painter Walter Sickert in profile to right, and the name 'SICKERT' in raised letters along the viewer's right edge of the medallion.
History note: Lillian Browse, CBE (Mrs Sydney Lines), London
Bequeathed by Mrs Lillian Browse
Height: 16.8 cm
Width: 15.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2005) by Browse, Lillian, CBE
19th Century, Late#
Victoria I
Production date:
circa
AD 1882
Thomas Stirling Lee trained at the Royal Academy, London and in Paris and Rome. A close friend of the sculptor, Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934), Stirling Lee worked primarily in marble and bronze. Commissions included a series of reliefs for the exterior of St George's Hall, Liverpool, bas-reliefs for Leeds Town Hall and carvings for Westminster Cathedral.
At Bottom
Depth 2.2 cm
Sculpture
Depth 2.4 cm
Height 16.2 cm
Width 17.3 cm
brown
Patination
copper-alloy
Bronze
Casting
: Bronze, cast, and patinated brown
Patination
Inscription present: rectangular paper label partly covered by the next label
Inscription present: narrow rectangular pale cream cread card label stuck onto the surface with cellotape
Accession number: M.17-2006
Primary reference Number: 134035
Entry form: CAM_CCF_M_17_2006
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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