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In the monument, Fame (or perhaps Victory) is running to crown the admiral's head with a wreath of laurels. The pose echoes that of both the Discobolus, a famous ancient sculpture of a discuss-thrower, as well as that of the so-called Borghese Gladiator; a life-size Greek sculpture of a swordsman found at Ephesus (in present day Turkey) which was much admired and copied in the 18th century (there are copies at Windsor Castle, Petworth House, and Houghton Hall, for instance).\n\nRysbrack (1694-1770) was born in Antwerp, and trained in the Netherlands, but spent his working life in Britain. He was one of the most important sculptors active in this country in the first half of the 18th century, and specialised in portrait busts and funerary monuments. Although he never visited Italy, many of his works are clearly indebted to classical archetypes. His terracotta models are particularly fine, and are often virtually finished pieces in their own right. 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In the monument Fame is running to crown the admiral's head with a wreath of laurels.The pose echoes that of the Hellenistic sculpture, the so-called Borghese Gladiator (Katharine Eustace, 'Rysbrack' exh. cat., Bristol City Art Gallery, 1982, p. 182) as well as the Discobolus.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Rysbrack, John Michael","id":"A8814"},"association":{"text":"designer and maker","id":"x34662"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"terracotta","id":"AAT10669"}],"techniques":[{"text":"modelled","id":"x30779"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Modelled terracotta","categories":[{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Myths & Legends","id":"THES49005"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2007BP9555","2007BP9558","2007BP9557","2007BP9556"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"22","id":"THES49843"},"free":"","case":"1","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Model","id":"AAT247279"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1760","earliest":"1760-01-01","latest":"1760-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"E.433-1946","id":"O607618"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"58.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"' Michl: Rysbrack. fecit 1760'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Signed on the base to one side"}],"objectHistory":"This is the model for the figure on the marble monument to Admiral Vernon (1684-1757) in Westminster Abbey. In the monument Fame is running to crown the admiral's head with a wreath of laurels. The pose echoes that of the ancient sculpture the Discobolous or Borghese Gladiator (Katharine Eustace, 'Rysbrack' exh. cat., Bristol City Art Gallery, 1982, p. 182).\nPurchased by the Museum via private sale through Sotheby's, for £3000; the model had been included in their 28 November 1968 sale, the property of Mrs Edna J. Harrie, lot 87; purchased with assistance from the Francis Reubell Bryan Bequest and the Hildburgh Bequest. \nIn a letter from the vendor of the present piece to Howard Ricketts at Sotheby's, Mrs Harrie recorded that the figure once belonged to the sculptor Peter Hollins. Her uncle, himself a sculptor as a young man took over the studio, equipment, various carvings &amp; busts and the terracotta figure from this Birmingham sculptor, named Peter Hollins.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Statuette, terracotta, Victory or Fame, by John Rysbrack, 1760","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Bilbey, Diane and Trusted, Marjorie, British Sculpture 1470-2000: A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V&A Publications, 2002","id":"AUTH401363"},"details":"cat. no. 195 on pp. 141-2.","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Whinney, Margaret, Sculpture in Britain 1530-1830. 2nd ed. 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