Pauline Jermyn, Lady Trevelyan (1816-1866)
Alexander Munro (Inverness 1825 – Cannes 1871)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1855 - 1856
Materials
Marble
Measurements
457 mm (18 in) (Diameter)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wallington, Northumberland
NT 584951
Summary
Marble sculpture, Pauline Jermyn, Lady Trevelyan (1816-1866) by Alexander Munro (Inverness 1825 – Cannes 1871), 1855/56. A marble circular inset of the head of a woman. Pauline Trevelyan visited Munro's studio in January 1855 and his first visit to Wallington was in the autumn of that year. In 1856 he brought Thomas Woolner to stay.
Provenance
Given with the property to the National Trust in 1941 by Sir Charles Philips Trevelyan, 3rd Bt (1870 - 1958)
Marks and inscriptions
Around sculpture: Reads - PAULINE TREVELYAN 1816-1866 SHE ENCLOSED & DECORATED THIS HALL ON THE ADVICE OF JOHN RUSKIN
Makers and roles
Alexander Munro (Inverness 1825 – Cannes 1871), sculptor
References
Pre-Raphaelite Sculpture Nature and Imagination in British Sculpture 1848 - 1914 (eds. Benedict Read and Joanna Barnes), The Matthiesen Gallery, London, 31 October - 12 December 1991, Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery, 15 January - 15 March 1992, fig. 36 & p. 62