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4 unusual facts about Alfred Gatley


Alfred Gatley

In 1844 he received the silver medal for the best model from the life, and exhibited marble busts of "Cupid" and "Psyche", and in 1846 he exhibited a bust of Marshal Espartero, and a model in bas-relief of "The Hours leading out the Horses of the Sun", which went to the library of Britwell Court, Buckinghamshire.

Before long he completed a bust of "Alastor, or the Spirit of Solitude", and began statues of "Echo" and "Night".

Early in 1855 he was entrusted with the companion bas-relief, "The Song of Moses and Miriam".

That year he sent a marble bust of "Hebe" to the Royal Academy, which was purchased by the Art Union of London and reproduced in bronze.



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