Male term with laurel wreath
British (English) School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Portland Stone
Measurements
2350 x 450 x 400 mm
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Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 516629
Summary
Portland stone, male term, English School. A terminal figure with male head crowned with laurel wreath, the tapering pillar richly moulded with acanthus. In a pair with NT 516630. Purchased by Lord Fairhaven in 1963 as a 'Pair of large 18th-century Portland stone Terminal figures'. The pair derived from early 18th-century termini at Chiswick House, London, although these appear to be later, possibly even 20th century.
Provenance
Purchased by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) from Bert Crowther, Syon Lodge, 1 November 1963, £300 the pair; bequeathed to the National Trust by Lord Fairhaven in 1966 with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
British (English) School, sculptor
References
Roper 1964: Lanning Roper, The Gardens of Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire. The Home of Lord Fairhaven, London 1964, p. 83. Christie, Manson & Woods 1971: The National Trust, Anglesey Abbey, Cambridge. Inventory: Furniture, Textiles, Porcelain, Bronzes, Sculpture and Garden Ornaments’, 1971, p. 165.