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Walter Sickert

Medallion
1890 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stirling Lee, Thomas (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

This bronze portrait medallion depicts the English Impressionist artist and member of the Camden Town Group, Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1900). This medal was made by the sculptor, Thomas Stirling Lee who worked in marble and bronze. He trained at the Royal Academy and in Paris and Rome. He was a close friend of Alfred Gilbert and worked with him experimenting with lost-wax bronze casting. Stirling Lee produced numerous portrait medallions of this type.

Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Sculpture
Object type
Medallion
TitleWalter Sickert
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medallion, bronze, Walter Sickert, English, 19th cent, Thomas Stirling Lee.
Physical description
Portrait medallion, bronze. Head of the artist Walter Richard Sickert (1900-1942) facing to the right. Inscription reads: W. SICKERT.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 170mm
Object history
Bequeathed by Miss Dorothea Short.
Subject depicted
Sickert, Walter
Summary
This bronze portrait medallion depicts the English Impressionist artist and member of the Camden Town Group, Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1900). This medal was made by the sculptor, Thomas Stirling Lee who worked in marble and bronze. He trained at the Royal Academy and in Paris and Rome. He was a close friend of Alfred Gilbert and worked with him experimenting with lost-wax bronze casting. Stirling Lee produced numerous portrait medallions of this type.
Bibliographic references
  • Beattie, Susan. The New Sculpture, New Haven and London, 1983.
  • Dorment, Richard. Alfred Gilbert., New Haven and London, 1985.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.6-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O311770/walter-sickert-medallion-stirling-lee-thomas/
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