Edward Onslow Ford (English, 1852 –1901) A bronze nude figure of Peace
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Edward Onslow Ford (English, 1852 –1901)
A bronze nude figure of Peace
with a dove resting on her outstretched left arm, her right arm originally holding a palm leaf (now lacking), on a naturalistic base cast with leaves and foliage, on a rectangular marble base, the base signed E Onslow Ford London 1898,
Sold for £2,125 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • The work of Edward Onslow Ford encapsulated the New Sculpture movement of late Victorian England. It heralded the move away from the staunch Neo-Classicism and emphasis on stoic portraiture that had been the dominating fashion in British sculpture, and pushed towards a style which conveyed expression and vitality. This present example was created by Ford in 1887 and is characteristic of the grace and effortlessness that the New Sculpture artists were aiming to promote.

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