Lot 31
£315
Auction: 19 April 2023 at 10:00 BST
bronzed plaster, variously inscribed VER; AESTAS; AUCTUMNUS; HEMS, each signed T J CLIFF, framed
Note: Thomas James Cliff (1873-1958) studied at Heatherley’s School of Fine Art. His sculptures were exhibited at the Royal Academy on a number of occasions. Heatherley's is the oldest independent art school in London. The school is among the few art colleges in the United Kingdom focusing entirely on portraiture, figurative painting and sculpture. Its former alumni include Burne Jones, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Millais, Lord Leighton, Edward Poynter, Walter Crane, William Russell Flint, and Kate Greenaway