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Mrs Rodney Fennessy

Portrait Medallion
1889 (made)
Artist/Maker
Stirling Lee, Thomas (maker)
Place of origin
England (made)

This bronze medal depicts Mrs Rodney Fennessy facing to the right. Thomas Stirling Lee, a sculptor in marble and bronze, was a close friend of Alfred Gilbert. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1875 and spent a number of years studying in Paris and Rome. Stirling Lee and Gilbert experimented with lost-wax bronze casting.

The sitter is thought to be Mrs R.J Fennessy, a sculptor who exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1873, 1882 and 1883.

Object details

Category
Sculpture
Object type
Portrait medallion
TitleMrs Rodney Fennessy
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medallion, bronze, English, 19th cent, Thomas Stirling Lee, 1889
Physical description
Portrait Medallion, bronze. Head of Mrs Rodney Fennessy facing to the right. Inscribed: MRS RODNEY FENNESSY 1889.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 250mm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Dorothea Short
Object history
Bequeathed by Miss Dorothea Short.
Subject depicted
Fennessy, Emily
Summary
This bronze medal depicts Mrs Rodney Fennessy facing to the right. Thomas Stirling Lee, a sculptor in marble and bronze, was a close friend of Alfred Gilbert. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1875 and spent a number of years studying in Paris and Rome. Stirling Lee and Gilbert experimented with lost-wax bronze casting.

The sitter is thought to be Mrs R.J Fennessy, a sculptor who exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1873, 1882 and 1883.
Bibliographic references
  • Graves, A. The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904, East Ardsley, 1970.
  • 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.5-1973

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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