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Lot description
Richard Cockle Lucas, British, 1800-1883, a pair of wax portrait reliefs of Mr and Mrs W H Blaauw, dated 1851 and 1852, Mr Blaauw depicted wearing a coat, Mrs Blaauw with her hair in a chignon and ringlets, each on brown wax ground, the gentleman's inscribed to ground R C Lucas W H Blaauw F.S.A. Beechl..., the lady's ground inscribed R C Lucas Mrs Blaauw Beechland Sussex 1851, in convex glazed giltwood frames, gentleman - 13.5cm high, lady - 14cm high, frames - 33.4 x 23cm (2) Provenance: Bonhams, New Bond Street, Sale No. 31218 Fine Portrait Miniatures, 5 November 2002, lot 2. Note: Richard Cockle Lucas (1800-1883) is predominately known as a sculptor in wax and ivory, but he also worked in glass, marble and bronze, as well as being a painter. He began his career as a sculptor as an apprentice to his uncle, who worked as a cutler in Winchester, carving knife handles. He joined the Royal Academy Schools in 1828 and studied under Richard Westmacott. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1829 and 1859 and showed ivory carvings and imitation bronzes at the Great Exhibition in 1851.