Not on display

Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith L.L.D., C.V.O.

Bust
ca. 1922 (made)
Artist/Maker
Welby, Désirée Lady (Lady) (sculptor)
Place of origin
England (made)

This bust made by Lady Désirée Welby in England in about 1922, represents Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith, Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1909 and 1924. The bust is normally displayed in the National Art Library Reading Room, along with busts of other former Directors of the Museum.

Lady Désirée Welby (1878-1969), described as a painter and sculptor, exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, the Royal Academy and the Society of Women Artists.

Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Portraits
Object type
Bust
TitleSir Cecil Harcourt-Smith L.L.D., C.V.O. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze and marble.
Bronze
Marble
Brief description
Portrait bust, bronze on a marble plinth, of Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith, by Lady Désirée Welby (neé Copeland-Griffiths), England, ca. 1922
Physical description
Bronze bust of Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith on a marble plinth.
Dimensions
  • Height: 69cm (incl. plinth)
Subject depicted
Harcourt-Smith, Cecil
Summary
This bust made by Lady Désirée Welby in England in about 1922, represents Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith, Director and Secretary of the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1909 and 1924. The bust is normally displayed in the National Art Library Reading Room, along with busts of other former Directors of the Museum.

Lady Désirée Welby (1878-1969), described as a painter and sculptor, exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, the Royal Academy and the Society of Women Artists.
Bibliographic references
  • Bilbey, Diane and Trusted Marjorie. British Sculpture 1470 to 2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London, 2002. p. 475. cat. no. 767.
  • Kilmurray, E., Dictionary of British Portraiture, The Victorians – historical figures born between 1800 and 1860, III, London, 1981, p. 88
Other number
427 (Society of Women Artists exhibition 1922) - Exhibition number
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.15-1924

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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