1592997144000 1434628210000 Standard Record object-201848 1747246178543 1714398657000 1747245848757 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-201848 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201848 1c059dde-469f-36a2-9492-95eb94b59b55 6 reference term-98228 adlib-term-98228 3d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5c sculpture reference term-106692 adlib-term-106692 ed7baa11-5901-3307-81b6-77370e40ebb4 wood Base Depth cm 7.5 Height cm 9 Width cm 7.5 Plinth Depth cm 7.7 Height cm 10.3 Width cm 12.8 Sculpture Applied Arts Bronze bust of G.F. Watts, OM (1817-1904), painter and sculptor. Bronze reduction, on a wooden base. M.13-2015 1 accession number M.13-2015 201848 priref 201848 Batchelor Collection old object number 19 2006 2006 2006 The Fitzwilliam Museum former loan number AAL.247-2006 Art UK external ID CAM_CCF_M_13_2015 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201848 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201848 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund reference agent-166527 adlib-agent-166527 3d240ab9-5cc0-3201-953a-01170d7e3328 Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady 2015 2015 2015-04-27 bequeathed 1889 CE 1889 Model: 1888; present bronze cast after 1889 after 1889 sculptor reference agent-51985 adlib-agent-51985 bd8f6272-daa3-3bb6-8203-ba1546060e33 Gilbert, Alfred G.M. Watts was a famous Victorian painter and sculptor. His wife commissioned a bust of him from Gilbert in 1888. Begun in Watts' studio in August 1888, it took Gilbert 18 sittings to complete the model. The original bronze was cast in winter 1889 and later, in 1904, Mrs Watts presented it to the Tate, London (N01949). The original plaster model is now in the Royal Academy of Arts (no. 2153). Gilbert refused payment for the bust, and later Watts painted a portrait of Gilbert (whereabouts unknown) as a gift in return in 1895. Gilbert made a reduced-scale model of his bust of Watts and had it cast as an edition bronze. The present bust is one of these reductions. Sir Alfred Gilbert RA MVO (1854-1934) was an English sculptor. He studied in London, Paris and Rome, returning to England in 1884. Gilbert was the leading artist in the New Sculpture movement, which revitalised sculpture in late nineteenth-century Britain. He was also a vital force in reintroducing the lost-wax technique for casting works of art in bronze in England (sand-casting had been the norm for bronze sculpture since the 18th century, with lost-wax casting used only for small-scale work and jewellery). His commissions included the jubilee memorial to Queen Victoria in Winchester and the statue of Eros, in aluminium, for the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus, and in 1900 he was appointed Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy. A period of bankruptcy and divorce followed, and Gilbert moved to Bruges. On his return to England in 1926, his fortunes improved, the highlight being the bronze Queen Alexandra Memorial, at Marlborough House, London, 1926-32. He was knighted by George V in 1932. Gilbert died in poverty in 1934. reference term-127512 adlib-term-127512 28fa0137-3af7-3d92-a08a-2b6c211c6785 19th Century-20th Century reference term-107139 adlib-term-107139 9fd5ef13-3709-388f-b925-702787340e32 literal England England country England reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Depth cm 7.8 Height cm 20.5 Width cm 12.5 reference term-23035 adlib-term-23035 f9693b6b-2e4a-3666-acf8-973403f65fce bust reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference number literal name Sculpture UK Sculpture UK See cat. no. 22 for original bronze in Tate, London 119-20 reference publication-4698 adlib-publication-4698 52e3a307-275a-32ff-9b19-2a6bae9f8acc Alfred Gilbert, Sculptor and Goldsmith reference term-8396 adlib-term-8396 715c235d-2fad-3b71-9a65-d5db65d1b9e0 English

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bust bronze, cast and chased reference term-26699 adlib-term-26699 a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8 casting (process) object OBJECT