Sir William Hamo Thornycroft (British, 1850-1925), a patinat...

Hammer

£1,200

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft (British, 1850-1925), a patinated bronze model of an Assyrian lion or sphinx, the mythical beast portrayed standing, on an integral shallow rectangular base, monogramed and dated within the cast 'H.T. Oct 23, 03'; the underside inscribed, and dated in ink 'To my friend George Wetherbee from Hamo Thornycroft, Christmas Eve MDCCCCVIII'; 9.5cm high, 11cm long, 9cm wide across the wingtips; Literature: E. Manning, 'Marble and Bronze. The Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft', London 1982, p.212. The author records a bronze of a Winged Sphinx (no.228) given to Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson in 1908 and an example shown at the Fine Art Society in 1926