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On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

The Pet of the Ring

Relief
1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bayes, Gilbert (modelled)
Place of origin
London (made)

This circus scene is Bayes's first surviving work in wax. He exhibited it at the Royal Academy when he was just 18 years of age. The relief is an early indication of Bayes's innovative use of materials and life-long interest in equestrian subjects. The 'Pet' referred to in the title is almost certainly the circus horse.


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Entertainment & Leisure
Reliefs
Object type
Relief
TitleThe Pet of the Ring (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wax, in glazed wood frame
Wax
Brief description
Relief, dark grey or green wax on wood, The Pet of the Ring, by Gilbert Bayes, England (London), 1890
Physical description
The relief depicts
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.2cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by E. J. Pyke
Object history
Sold at Christies Manson and Woods on March 9th, 1906, lot 439. It was bought by Peel for £8 18s 6d, according to the annotated catalogue in the National Art Library.
Bequeathed by E. J. Pyke in 1996, c/o Bird and Bird Solicitors, London.
Subject depicted
Horses (Animals)
Summary
This circus scene is Bayes's first surviving work in wax. He exhibited it at the Royal Academy when he was just 18 years of age. The relief is an early indication of Bayes's innovative use of materials and life-long interest in equestrian subjects. The 'Pet' referred to in the title is almost certainly the circus horse.
Bibliographic references
  • Trusted, Marjorie, ‘The Pyke Bequest of waxes at the Victoria & Albert Museum’, in: Apollo, Vol. Jan 1997, pp. 41-45, fig. 10
  • Pyke, E. J. A Biographical Dictionary of Wax Modellers. Oxford, 1973, p. 11
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.16-1996

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Record createdApril 12, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O111049/the-pet-of-the-ring-relief-bayes-gilbert/
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