SIR WILLIAM REID DICK (1878-1961) §
LADY GODIVA, 1939
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
Auction: Day One | Lots 1 to 252 | Wednesday 16th April from 10am
Description
bronze, on marble plinth, signed in the bronze REID DICK/ 39
Dimensions
22cm high including plinth
Footnote
This work is a reduction of the full-scale statue, unveiled in Coventry's central square, Broadgate, in 1949. It depicts Lady Godiva's legendary 11th century naked ride through the city centre in an attempt to persuade her husband to reduce heavy taxes. The statue has Grade II status, one of the few statues of a horse outside to London have this protection.