Nude Youth blowing a Conch Shell
James Harvard Thomas (Bristol 1854 - London 1921)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1896 (dated)
Materials
Marble (tondo)
Measurements
390 mm (Diameter); 50 mm (Depth)
Order this imageCollection
Coleton Fishacre, Devon
NT 85194
Caption
This tondo was given to the National Trust by Mrs Morel, a friend of Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Mrs Morel herself was a model for Eric Gill and a ballet dancer with the Martha Graham Company.
Summary
Marble relief sculpture in circular gilded wood frame, Nude Youth blowing a Conch Shell by James Harvard Thomas (Bristol 1854 - London 1921), dated 1896. Marble tondo of a nude youth blowing a conch shell.
Provenance
Given by Mrs Morel (a friend of Bridget D'Oyly Carte and model for Eric Gill and a ballet dancer with the Martha Graham Company); in the D'Oyly Carte house in Buckinghamshire;
Marks and inscriptions
Front: [J. HARVARD THOMAS. Sc. MDCCCXS111] Backing plate: [BOY BLOWING A CONCH] / [HARVARD THOMAS] / [CF/MISC/59] Backing plate: [Miss; obscured; D'Oyly Carte] Rear Frame: [Bessant Ltd 8400]
Makers and roles
James Harvard Thomas (Bristol 1854 - London 1921)