Enid the Fair

Sir George Frampton, R.A., P.R.B.S. (1860-1928)

1907

bronze with black-brown patina

overall height 22 inches, bronze 14 inches

"Bust of a girl, her eyes looking downward, with a band: in her hair signed on side G. Frampton 1907 bronze with black-brown patina, on ebony black veneered plinth inscribed in white Enid the Fair."

"The subject is inspired by Tennyson's Idylls of the King series, one of which is entitled "Enid and Geraint." Frampton was one of the most distinguished of late Victorian sculptors, and is best known for his famous statue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens." [Shepherd Gallery catalogue].