Overall: 19 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (49.5 x 47 x 23.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.325
Gallery Label:
Despite a youthful passion for art, Adrian Jones followed family pressure and trained as a veterinarian before serving as a soldier in Abyssinia, Ireland, and South Africa. It was only in 1882 that he finally fulfilled his ambition to train as a sculptor, by which time he was already in his late thirties. This rare model is one of his finest bronzes and earned him first prize in a statuette competition sponsored by the Goldsmiths’ Company in 1887. Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016