Dame Elisabeth Frink R.A., (British, 1930-1993)

Warrior 40.7 cm. (16 in.) high

Warrior
signed and dated '56/Frink' (on the base) and numbered '1/10' (on the back of the base)
bronze with a brown patina
40.7 cm. (16 in.) high

Provenance
The Artist, from whom acquired by
Professor Nevill Henry K.A. Coghill (1899-1980), thence by family descent to the present owner
Private Collection, U.K.

Professor Nevill Henry K.A. Coghill was an English literary scholar, known especially for his modern English version of Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and was Merton Professor of English literature at the University of Oxford from 1957 to 1966. Elisabeth Frink and Professor Coghill became friends following their work together on her 'Canterbury Tales' series (see Stephen Gardiner, Frink, Harper Collins, London, 1998, p.176).