Sir George Frampton RA (1860-1928) St Christina, 1889 patinated bronze relief, mounted on panel signed and dated in the cast 43.5 x 24.5cm. Provenance The Estate of Meredith Frampton, and thence by family descent Literature British Sculpture 1850-1914, Fine Art Society, Sept-Oct 1968, page 23 cat. no. 43 for another example listed. The relief was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1890 in plaster and in 1891 in bronze.

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