Lot 512: A VICTORIAN PLASTER EQUESTIAN GROUP

A VICTORIAN PLASTER EQUESTIAN GROUP
BY CHARLES BELL BIRCH, A.R.A. (1832-1893), DATED 1863
Traditionally identified as G. Robinson of Tarn House, Yorkshire, stamped 'C.B. Birch Sc. 1863', under a glass dome with ebonised base
28 in. (71 cm.) high; 27½ in. (60 cm.) wide

Royal Academy, London, 1864, no. 947.

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Charles Bell Birch studied at the Royal Academy schools and later in Berlin under the celebrated German sculptor, Christian Rauch (d. 1857). Returning to London, he became a pupil and then assistant of John Henry Foley (d. 1874). Bell was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy.