Sir William Richard Drake FSA a terracotta plaque by Robert Wallace Martin

Sir William Richard Drake FSA a terracotta plaque by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1888, oval panel, in oak frame incised R W Martin Sct Oct 1888, 50 x 39cm (panel)

Provenance

The George Twyman Collection of Martin Ware.

Literature

Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis, page 82 figure 103 for a portrait medallion of Sir William Drake, dated 1887, illustrated. This portrait of Drake, the chairman of the Burlington Fine Arts Club, was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1888.