Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, (1834 – 1890), Suffolk Punch and Blacksmith

Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, R.A., (1834 - 1890), Suffolk Punch and Blacksmith, a bronze group of a farrier and a draught horse, the animal standing with head declined to dexter, its right foreleg raised and held between the knees of the farrier, portrayed in rustic garb and bending to his work, his tools scattered on the naturalistically cast oval base; inscribed BY J.E.BOEHM in the maquette, with applied plaque inscribed SUFFOLK PUNCH AND BLACKSMITH, THE ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION 1869

41cm high, 53cm wide

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Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Baronet RA was Viennese by birth but moved to England in 1862. He was a medallist and sculptor, best known for the Jubilee head of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. His oeuvre is substantial and he exhibited 123 works at the Royal Academy, from 1862 to his death in 1890. He was reputedly the Queen's favourite sculptor and this is borne out by the various and repeated royal commissions he received