Lot 388: Edouard Lanteri (French/Brit 1848-1917) - Robert

Edouard Lanteri (French/Brit 1848-1917) - Robert Ludwig Mond seated upon an elbow chair in full robes, bronze, signed and dated to plinth 1912, h.36cm, all raised upon a further marble plinth, sold with original supporting portrait photograph and photograph of members of the Faraday Society in 1931 Footnote; An example of this work can be found in the National Portrait Gallery, London, primary collection NPG5316. A chemist, Robert Mond collaborated with his father in the discovery of nickel carbonyl before developing a fascination in Egyptian Archaeology. He went on to work on the Theban Necropolis and helped preserve the tomb of Ramesses. Mond was knighted in 1932, and his vast collection of artifacts was subsequently bequeathed to the British Museum.