The Spirit of Contemplation

Albert Toft (1862-1949)

1901

Bronze

Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

"Spielmann wrote that this '. . . is the most complete of all Mr Toft's works. Life-size, it is a beautiful representation of the female form, original, almost daring, in its simple arrangement, decorative with praiseworthy self-restraint, dignified and refined.'" -- Read, Victorian Sculpture, 352.