21st May, 2025 11:00
European Works of Art, Objects & Silver
87
LUCIUS GAHAGAN (1773-1855): BUST OF A LADY, CIRCA 1825
patinated plaster, head slightly turned, signed and dated to reverse 'Lucius Gahagan 1825', 35cm high
Lucius Gahagan was a member of the Gahagan family of sculptors based in London, who settled in Bath in 1820. On his trade card he advertised: "Sculpture. The Nobility and Gentry are most respectfully informed, that the only Bust to which His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, ever condescended to sit, is on View at the Sculptor's Study, 12, Ceveland Street ... L. Gahagan will attend from Twelve... May 15, 1815."
patinated plaster, head slightly turned, signed and dated to reverse 'Lucius Gahagan 1825', 35cm high
Lucius Gahagan was a member of the Gahagan family of sculptors based in London, who settled in Bath in 1820. On his trade card he advertised: "Sculpture. The Nobility and Gentry are most respectfully informed, that the only Bust to which His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, ever condescended to sit, is on View at the Sculptor's Study, 12, Ceveland Street ... L. Gahagan will attend from Twelve... May 15, 1815."
Auction: European Works of Art, Objects & Silver, 21st May, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The auction ‘European Works of Art, Objects and Silver’ is one of our biannual live sales offering a range of ceramics, sculpture, works of art and silver from around the world, as well as objects of vertu.
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