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      • 1839 Life Size Marble Bust by James Fillans (1809-1852).
        Sep. 18, 2022

        1839 Life Size Marble Bust by James Fillans (1809-1852).

        Est: $3,000 - $5,000

        1839 Life Size Marble Bust by James Fillans (1809-1852) Born in Wilsontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 27th March 1809, James Fillans served an apprenticeship with a stonemason, executing the now famous Corinthian capitals on the then Glasgow Royal Exchange, now the Gallery of Modern Art. This brought him the nickname "The Young Athenian". He soon set up a studio in Paisley sculpting portrait busts of the great and the good, before moving to Glasgow in 1830 and London in 1835 as his reputation grew. He visited and worked in Paris, Vienna and Italy in the 1830s. By 1839, when our bust was carved, he was in 8 High Holbourn, London. He also exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy between 1837 and 1850. He died 27th September 1852. Fillan's portrait was painted by Sir Daniel Macnee (1806-1882), illustrated here. This was exhibited at the Old Glasgow Exhibition in 1894 (see image from Glasgow Museums Resource Centre) We have as yet to identify the subject of this impressive portrait bust. His nose has been restored and there is a chip to the cloak. 74 cm tall, 66 cm broad and 4 34 cm deep.

        Christian McCann Auctions
      • JAMES FILLANS (SCOTTISH 1808-1852) A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE BUSTS OF JAMES AND JANE EWING OF STRATHLEVEN
        Oct. 06, 2021

        JAMES FILLANS (SCOTTISH 1808-1852) A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE BUSTS OF JAMES AND JANE EWING OF STRATHLEVEN

        Est: £3,000 - £5,000

        JAMES FILLANS (SCOTTISH 1808-1852) A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE BUSTS OF JAMES AND JANE EWING OF STRATHLEVEN Depicted in the classical style, both signed 'J.A.S. Fillans S.C., London, 1844', on circular socle bases (79cm and 74cm high) Qty: (2)

        Lyon & Turnbull
      • JAMES FILLANS (1808-1852), LONDON OR GLASGOW, 1839, AFTER SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY - SIR WALTER SCOTT
        Dec. 04, 2019

        JAMES FILLANS (1808-1852), LONDON OR GLASGOW, 1839, AFTER SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY - SIR WALTER SCOTT

        Est: £2,500 - £4,000

        JAMES FILLANS (1808-1852), LONDON OR GLASGOW, 1839, AFTER SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY SIR WALTER SCOTT 27 ½ in. (69.7 cm.) high

        Christie's
      • James Fillans (1808-1852 British)
        Jul. 28, 2015

        James Fillans (1808-1852 British)

        Est: $2,500 - $3,500

        Dated 1848, signed verso ''J. Fillans S''', a white marble portrait bust of a gentleman, 27'' H x 22.5'' W x 11'' D, est: $2500/3500.

        John Moran Auctioneers
      • JAMES FILLANS (SCOTTISH) 1808-1852 A 19TH CENTURY
        Dec. 15, 2010

        JAMES FILLANS (SCOTTISH) 1808-1852 A 19TH CENTURY

        Est: £200 - £300

        JAMES FILLANS (SCOTTISH) 1808-1852 A 19TH CENTURY FRAMED AND CARVED ALABASTER PORTRAIT PLAQUE depicting a young girl. Signed and dated. Plaque 4.5ins x 3ins.

        John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
      • w - JAMES FILLANS SCOTTISH, 1808-1852
        Nov. 16, 2006

        w - JAMES FILLANS SCOTTISH, 1808-1852

        Est: £2,500 - £3,500

        A BUST OF SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832) measurements note 71cm., 28in. signed: Jas FILLANS / SCULPTOR. white marble NOTE Two busts by Fillans, representing William Motherwell and John Wilson are in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

        Sotheby's
      • James Fillans (1808-52)
        Aug. 24, 2005

        James Fillans (1808-52)

        Est: £400 - £600

        A white marble portrait of a gentleman, inscribed to the reverse 'FILLANS Sc 1840 LONDON', 59cm high 49cm wide.

        Bonhams
      • James Fillans (1808-1852) A plaster bust of Professor John Wilson, 86cm high
        Jun. 30, 2004

        James Fillans (1808-1852) A plaster bust of Professor John Wilson, 86cm high

        Est: £2,000 - £3,000

        James Fillans (1808-1852) A plaster bust of Professor John Wilson, on a squared plinth with frieze of classical figures to the front and portrait medallions to the sides 86cm high James Fillans was born in Lanarkshire and apprenticed to a stone mason in Paisley. He travelled extensively in Europe before settling in London, returning to Glasgow two years before his death. The National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh also has a plaster version of this bust which is derived from the marble one Fillans made for the County Hall in Paisley, dated 1845, and exhibited at the Royal Academy in that year. John Wilson (1785-1854) was also a son of Paisley and became a celebrated poet, author and giant literary figure of Enlightenment Edinburgh. He made his name using the pseudonym Christopher North in the Edinburgh Magazine, and was the co-author and sponsor of the scandalous (but obscure) Biblical parody The Chaldee manuscript published by Blackwoods in 1817. Wilson was controversially appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University in 1820, in part due to his Tory connections and sympathies, although he went on to make a huge popular success of the post. There is full length bronze statue of him by John Steel dated 1856 in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, immediately next to the Royal Scottish Academy. This shows Wilson in a remarkably similar romantic light and is in the same block as the explorer David Livingstone, whose fame has been rather more enduring. Wilson made a great impression on Thomas Carlyle at their first meeting, and Carlyle captured his character and physical prescence in a letter to a friend, describing him in awestruck tones as a man of the most fervid temperament, fond of all stimulating things, from tragic poetry down to whisky punch. He snuffed and smoked cigars and drank liquors, and talked in the most indescribable style ... I ... enjoyed the strange volcanic emotion of our poets convivial genius. He is a broad sincere man of 6 feet, with long dishevelled flax-coloured hair, and 2 blue eyes keen as an eagles. Rupert Gunnis Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 Mary Cosh Edinburgh; The Golden Age John Donald 2003

        Lyon & Turnbull
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