A group modelled as Mr. Harwood and Miss Rosa Henry in their roles of 'Selim and Zuleika' in 'The Bride of Abydos', the gentleman seated, the lady kneeling on a cushion at his side, both in Turkish dress and on the point of an embrace, above a scroll-moulded base, enriched in colours and gilt (E58),(repairs to hands and to neck of Selim) circa 1847 -- 7¾in. high | Christie's

Lot 675

675

A group modelled as Mr. Harwood and Miss Rosa Henry in their roles of 'Selim and Zuleika' in 'The Bride of Abydos', the gentleman seated, the lady kneeling on a cushion at his side, both in Turkish dress and on the point of an embrace, above a scroll-moulded base, enriched in colours and gilt (E58),(repairs to hands and to neck of Selim) circa 1847 -- 7¾in. high

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A group modelled as Mr. Harwood and Miss Rosa Henry in their roles of 'Selim and Zuleika' in 'The Bride of Abydos', the gentleman seated, the lady kneeling on a cushion at his side, both in Turkish dress and on the point of an embrace, above a scroll-moulded base, enriched in colours and gilt (E58),(repairs to hands and to neck of Selim) circa 1847 -- 7¾in. high

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PUGH'S ILLUSTRATED EXAMPLE OF THIS GROUP LACKS THE HEAD OF SELIM. HE CITES THIS EXAMPLE AS BEING THE 'ONLY ONE KNOWN'.

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