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George Frideric Handel as Apollo
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Title/s	George Frideric Handel as Apollo
Maker/s	Elkington & Co. () Roubiliac, Louis François after (sculptor) [ULAN info: Lyon bapt. 1702-1762 London]
Category	sculpture
Name	figure
Description	Bronze electrotype, reduced copy of the marble by Roubiliac. The pedestal is inscribed on the front.
Production Place	England (sculptor) (country) () England (country) ()
Technique Description	bronze electrotype
Dimensions	height: (figure): 34.5 cm width: (figure): 18.3 cm diameter: (figure): 27.3 cm height: (base): 20.5 cm width: (base): 20.7 cm diameter: (base): 27.6 cm
Period	Victoria mid 19th century
Date	circa 1859
Provenance	given: Norman, Miss D.A. 1986 (Filtered for: Applied Arts collection) Given by Miss D.A. Norman
Inscriptions/Marks	mark Position: on the back of the pedestal on which the figure sits Content: PUBD BY/ELKINGTON & CO./1247 Description: mark Position: underneath the base Content: PUBD BY/ELKINGTON & CO. Description: the D of PUBD is raised and smaller mark Position: on the base of the pedestal supporting the figure Content: PUBD BY/ELKINGTON & CO./1081 Description: the D of PUBD is raised and smaller Position: on the front Content: HANDEL CENTENARY FESTIVAL/1859/THE SACRED HARMONIC/TO/JOHN HARRISON ESQR./PRESIDENT Description: the R of ESQR. is raised and smaller
Other Notes	The marble original, formerly in the possession of the Sacred Harmonic Society is now in the Victoria and Albert Museum; the terracotta model is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, M.3-1922. A wooden box with an enamel portrait of Handel after Hudson, M.67-1937, was given by John Harrison's granddaughter, Norah. Miss D.A. Norman is the great niece of John Newman Harrison.
Accession Number	M.2-1986 (Applied Arts) (Reference Number: 13450; Input Date: 2000-09-29 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)
Related Object	M.3-1922 - George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) M.67 & A-D-1937 - George Frideric Handel 1685-1759

George Frideric Handel as Apollo