Lot 16: GEORGE JAMES FRAMPTON

GEORGE JAMES FRAMPTON BRITISH 1860 - 1928 ALIS LA BEALE PILGRIM monogrammed: G.F bronze, dark brown patina 25.5cm., 10in.

B. Read & J. Barnes, Pre-Raphaelite Sculpture, London, 1991, no. 9, p. 99

George Frampton's series of nine reliefs of heroines from Malory's Morte d'Arthur was commissioned for the door of the Great Hall of William Waldorf Astor's house at 2 Temple Place. These gilt reliefs are still in place. In addition to the present relief, only one other bronze is known - a slightly larger version in the collection of the Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.