A Mid 19thC Plaster Figure; ‘The Greek Slave’; After Hiram Powers c.1844-70 sub-Mirrors & Lighting The year also saw the

The year also saw the death of the famous French writer and philosopher Voltaire

full-length with whip

The very fine English School study of the Apollo Belvedere in pencil bearing remnants of an old Manchester Art School label verso

A large proportion of stools made in the Regency period that were x-framed were in rosewood so it is nice to see one with the original painted decoration which is much more scarce

Diameter: 2 inches (at base of column)

A Mid 19thC Plaster Figure; ‘The Greek Slave’; After Hiram Powers c.1844-70 sub-Mirrors & Lighting The year also saw theOrigin: English Period: Early Mid Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1844 70 Height: 39 Depth: 12 Width: 14 (all at extremities) The half scaled size plaster figure, modelled as The Greek Slave by Hiram Powers of 1844, depicting a young woman, nude, bound in chains; and standing on a circular plinth base surviving from the middle of nineteenth century England. The condition of the figure is mainly sound though she has obvious repairs, the head has