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Artworks
Bronze Horses , c. 1870 (SOLD)
BRONZE BELL PULLS MODELLED AS WINGED HORSES, Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm RA (1834-1890)
A finely cast pair of winged horses, formerly used as bell pulls, either side of the main entrance to Thurnby Court, Leicestershire
Designed to be wall mounted, natural verdigris patination, both signed BOEHM
Height: 32cm
Width: 16cm
Depth: 19cm
Provenance: Thurnby Court, Leicestershire, until 1917
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm was one of the best-known nineteenth century sculptors in Britain.
Born in Austria, Boehm did not travel to Britain until he was fourteen years old. His father, a sculptor and medal maker was born in Wallendorf, Hungary, in a region where magnificent horses were bred. He taught his son to sculpt and instilled in him his instinctual love of horses. Boehm studied first in Vienna, and after moving to Britain he later travelled to Paris and Italy to continue his education.
By the early 1860s Boehm was fully established in Britain and quickly became one of the most sought after sculptors of his time.
He was famously a great favourite of Queen Victoria and enjoyed the patronage of the royal family and the nobility. He was awarded a baronetcy in 1889.Further images
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