The Rt Hon. William McEwan MP (1827-1913)
John Hutchison (Edinburgh 1833 - Edinburgh 1910)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1885 (signed and dated)
Materials
Marble
Measurements
670 mm (Height); 1160 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Edinburgh
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1246895
Summary
A commissioned marble bust of William McEwan on a rectangular socle and cylindrical black marble plinth.Signed and dated.
Full description
A bust of McEwan with a beard and moustache; posed frontally and wearing contemporary dress. Hutchison exhibited this at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1886 (cat.no. 823) and 1897 (cat.no. 203). Engraved: J. HUTCHISON/ R.S.A./ EDNr 1885.
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey Entrance Hall, page 1.
Marks and inscriptions
J. HUTCHISON / R.S.A. / EDNr 1885
Makers and roles
John Hutchison (Edinburgh 1833 - Edinburgh 1910), sculptor