'The Bather' a fine patinated bronze sculpture by Sir William 'Hamo' Thornycroft RA

'The Bather' a fine patinated bronze sculpture by Sir William 'Hamo' Thornycroft RA, 1898, rich green patination, on stepped slate base signed Hamo Thornycroft and dated 1898 in the cast 56cm. high Provenance Howard Bliss Private collection Exhibited British Sculpture 1850-1914 The Fine Art Society, 1968 catalogue number 168 page 33 Literature Elfrida Manning Marble and Bronze The Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft, Trefoil, the bronze version illustrate plates 116 a & b, 118 pages 158 and 161, catalogue number 15. According to Thornycroft's biographer Elfrida Manning (his daughter) the model for the sculpture was Oliver, Hamo Thornycroft's son