CHATSWORTH SUMMER FINE ART SALE May 28th & 29th 2024

90 IMPERFECTIONS NOT STATED Fonsie Mealy’s Est. 1934 820. John Henry Foley, RA (1818-1874) Statues of Oliver Goldsmith and Edmund Burke, a pair, bronze, each 51cms high, Each stamped to base, ‘J. H FOLEY. RA. SG, LONDON’ and ELKINGTON & CO. FOUNDERS’ These statues are maquettes for the full-size bronzes erected at the gates of Trinity College Dublin in 1863 and 1868. The original plaster models are in the Birmingham City Art Gallery. (2) Provenance: Nelson Bell Collection - The Bell Gallery, Belfast €4,000 - €6,000