Lot 263: James Sherwood Westmacott (English 1823-1900): A white marble bust of a maiden dated 1873

dated 1873
her robes draped from the back of her head and over her shoulders,
signed to the reverse J.S. WESTMACOTT. SC. 1873, raised on a ringed and waisted cylindrical socle, 72cm high

James Sherwood Westmacott came from a family of renowned sculptors, studying with Sir Richard Westmacott (d.1856), his uncle, who himself studied under the great Richard Westmacott the Elder (d.1808). James Sherwood Westmacott exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1846-1885 and the British Institution from 1852-1867, and produced numerous monuments around Britain from 1860 until his death.