Lot 116: ALFRED DRURY (BRITISH, 1859-1944) THE AGE OF INNOCENCE

Signed A. Drury Bronze, rich brown patination, on shallow shaped green marble base 41 cm (16 in) Drury exhibited a bronze Age of Innocence at the Royal Academy in 1897. The unusual truncation of the bust and the full sleeved dress, inspired by Renaissance sculpture, relate to his bust of Griselda, shown at the Royal Academy in the previous year. Beattie describes them as mood portraits of the type established by Gilbert in his Study of 1883 (Beattie op. cit p. 174). The model for the Age of Innocence was Gracie Doncaster, whose sister Clarrie modelled for the faces of Morning and Evening, Leeds, City Square. Comparative Literature: S Beattie The New Sculpture, New Haven and London, 1983, pp 109, 114, 174 Stoke-on-Trent City Museum and Art Gallery, Reverie, Myth and Sensuality, Sculpture in Britain 1880-1910, 1992 p.35, cat. 9 (See colour plate on page 69).