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Description: | Large over-lifesize classical male figure with a wreath of fruits and leaves around his head and a long flowing beard, reclining on a stone base. Right arm rests on an upturned water jug from which water gushes blending into the base, dmaged left arm extended and pointing into the distance. Right leg is bent under the left, the left hangs down with restored foot resting on the pedestal. Figure and base mounted on a rectangular pedestal, flat on the surface with large rusticated pebble dash section below. A crest with an arrow and purse is incorporated into the side of the base. Surrounded by a low overgrown hedge on a raised grassy mound. Additional Information: Allegorical figure of a river God, possibly the Thames. Several others originally existed, now missing except for an identical one at Ham House. See Ham House work (RH26) for details. | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Bacon, John Other: Coade & Sealy Manufactory | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7141... | Go to resource |
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