A PAIR OF DERBY WHITE FIGURES OF FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY AND JOHN WILKES MP.
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A PAIR OF DERBY WHITE FIGURES OF FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY AND JOHN WILKES MP.

CIRCA 1756-69

Closed22 January 2014

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GBP 4,750

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A PAIR OF DERBY WHITE FIGURES OF FIELD MARSHAL SIR HENRY SEYMOUR CONWAY AND JOHN WILKES MP.
CIRCA 1756-69
Conway standing before martial trophies, grasping a baton in his right hand, his left hand resting on a cannon, a putto holding a shield at his feet, Wilkes modelled standing wearing a long cloak, holding a quill and leaning on a pedestal on which rests a scroll, a putto at his feet supporting a tome, each on scroll moulded base, both with minor chipping to extremities and minor areas of restoration
Each 12.7/8 in. (32.7 cm.) high

The figure of Conway: Wallace Elliot (1866-1935); sold Sotheby's, London, 24-26 May 1938, lot ???.
Purchased in the above sale by his nephew Peter Inchbald; subsequently acquired by his brother Geoffrey Inchbald, and by descent to his son Michael Inchbald.
The figure of Wilkes: purchased by Michael Inchbald at Grosvenor House fair from William Agnew, June 1998.