Lot 250

JOHN BELL (BRITISH 1811–1895)
'THE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY' AND 'THE LAST KISS'






Auction: Day One | Wednesday 18 Feb at 10am | Lots 1 to 352
Description
white marble, each sculpted as a young girl kneeling, the first feeding a hen and chicks on her lap, the second with a spade and a small grave placing a songbird into it, on naturalistic bases titled and signed ‘J. Bell S.’
Dimensions
56cm high, 42cm wide, 38cm deep; 61cm high, 42cm wide, 27cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Barnes, Richard: 'John Bell: The Sculptor's Life and Works', Frontier Publishing, 1999





