Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 531
'EMILY AND THE WHITE DOE' A PLASTER RELIEF
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £2000
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Description
'EMILY AND THE WHITE DOE' A PLASTER RELIEF
BY FELIX MARTIN MILLER (FRENCH 1819-1908)
depicting a sorrowful young lady hugging a deer, titled and inscribed in blue lettering 'Emily of Rylstone, Her last companion in a dearth of love upon a hapless earth.', signed 'F. M. Miller SC', in a glazed giltwood frame
50.3 x 57cm
Provenance
The Property of a Lady of title.
Catalogue Note
This current work is after the bas-relief of the same title exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1857. It is based on Birkett Foster's illustrations of Wordsworth poems. 'The White Doe of Rylestone' was set in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Emily, the only surviving daughter of a family of Catholic rebels was comforted by the visits of a white doe that she had reared in happier times.