Sir Alfred Gilbert

Mourning Angel

1877

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In Tate Britain

Walk Through British Art: 1840

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Artist
Sir Alfred Gilbert 1854–1934
Medium
Terracotta
Dimensions
Object: 318 x 127 x 76 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Gift from the Fine Art Society 1958
Reference
T00168

Catalogue entry

T00168 MOURNING ANGEL 1877
 
Inscr. ‘Alfred Gilbert Paris Sept. 77’ on back below.
Terracotta, 12 1/2×5×3 (32×12·5×7·5).
Presented by the Fine Art Society 1958.

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Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, I

Decadence Fin de Siècle New sculpture Symbolism

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