Lot Essay
The marble original in Lichfield Cathedral depicts the children of the Rev. W and Mrs Robinson. Cf. Joan Jones, op. cit., p. 121
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The late MRS. V. M. THESIGER
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A MINTON PARIAN GROUP OF THE SLEEPING CHILDREN AFTER Sir Francis Legatt Chantry, their dresses falling in folds, the younger child holding a flowers, the bed with mattresses and a tasselled pillow (chip to one corner, one flower-head lacking and damage to stem, minute chips corners and base of bed), circa 1840
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A MINTON PARIAN GROUP OF THE SLEEPING CHILDREN AFTER Sir Francis Legatt Chantry, their dresses falling in folds, the younger child holding a flowers, the bed with mattresses and a tasselled pillow (chip to one corner, one flower-head lacking and damage to stem, minute chips corners and base of bed), circa 1840
9½in. (24cm.) long
9½in. (24cm.) long