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Sold on 15 December 2005

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A Group of Medals Associated with the Artist Sir George Frampton

Sir George James Frampton, RA

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№ 1244

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£350

Sir Edgar Boehm, 1891, a uniface bronze medal by E. Lanteri, cast by J. Moore, bust right, sculptor’s mallet and sprig of laurel behind, 117mm (Attwood 24; BHM 3414; E 1771; BDM VII, 533). Very fine, rare (£100-150)

Provenance:
Sir George Frampton, and by descent.

Illustrated on the Plates, reduced. Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-90), sculptor and medallist; Lanteri, his assistant, modelled the portrait shortly before Boehm’s death and the medal was completed the following year