James Bancroft (c.1798-1888)
Edgar George Papworth Senior (St Marylebone 1809 - London 1866)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1869
Materials
Marble
Measurements
680 x 465 x 230 mm; 1070 x 305 x 305 mm
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Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
NT 618143
Summary
Sculpture, marble, James Bancroft (c.1798-1888) by Edgar George Papworth (St Marylebone 1809 - London 1866). Marble bust of James Bancroft (1798-1888) of Broughton Hall, Salford, colliery worker, railway director, philanthropist. Maternal grandmother of Vivienne, Lady Cawley, who left the bust to Berrington. Signed and dated 1869.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Vivienne Lee, Lady Cawley in 1978.
Makers and roles
Edgar George Papworth Senior (St Marylebone 1809 - London 1866), sculptor