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On the death of Foley in 1874, Bruce-Joy took over his outstanding commissions. He also completed in 1877 a statue of Robert James Graves for the Royal College of Physicians, for which Foley had previously executed three other figures of physicians. \r\n\r\nBruce-Joy exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1866 and 1923, and at the Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts between 1870 and 1914. M. H. Spielmann, in <i>British Sculpture and Sculptors of Today</i>, (1901) comments on the volume of his work: 'The list of his works is so long that - the expression is used in no uncomplimentary sense - it is surprising that they are so good.'  Bruce-Joy was prolific in the production of portrait busts and statues, and was also a medallist. He travelled extensively in North America, producing the Ayer Colossal Lion for Lowell, Boston, among other works. K. Parkes commented in <i>Sculpture of To-Day</i> that: 'Albert Bruce-Joy is not only the oldest Irish sculptor, but he is the doyen of the sculptors of the British Isles ... During a life so long as that of Bruce-Joy, an artist has ample opportunity of making some change in his outlook or style, but Bruce-Joy has been singularly consistent, and those banes of the artist, Committees, have felt safe with him, for they could count on a standard work.'","physicalDescription":"Apollo is portrayed as an androgynous youth, looking straight ahead, with short hair parted to one side. 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