Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art - 8th January 2013
Lot 396
Sir Thomas Brock (1847 - 1922). Victory
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £1500
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Description
Sir Thomas Brock (1847 - 1922). Victory, bronze, 15¼in (39cm) high, on a green marble plinth, 20in (50.8cm) high together.
Thomas Brock started his career as an apprentice at the Royal Worcester Porcelain Works, later becoming a pupil of the sculptor John Henry Foley. His first major work was to complete the statue of Prince Albert for the Albert Memorial, which lead to the colossal Imperial Memorial to Queen Victoria, standing in front of Buckingham Palace.