Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596)
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, RA (Vienna 1834 - London 1890)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1862 - 1890
Materials
Plaster
Measurements
3048 mm (Height); 2210 mm (Circumference)
Order this imageCollection
Buckland Abbey, Devon
NT 809864
Caption
A dramatic figure in it's own right, this plaster cast was used for the making of the bronze statue in Tavistock and on Plymouth Hoe.
Summary
Sculpture, plaster, Sir Francis Drake (1540?-1596) by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, RA (Vienna 1834 - London 1890). Plaster statue of Drake by Sir Joseph Boehm, signed on left hand side of plinth / J.E. Boehm /. Bronze casts stand on Plymouth Hoe and in Tavistock.
Marks and inscriptions
J.E. Boehm (on side of plinth)
Makers and roles
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, RA (Vienna 1834 - London 1890), maker