Charles Calverly (NY, 1833-1914), John Brown

Bust, signed and dated "C. Calverly Sc. 1873," with foundry mark reading "Robert Wood & Co. / Bronze Founders / Phila."

32 in.

This may be the very same bronze bust owned by the Union League Club in New York, NY, as that bust is now unlocated (see page 158, American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Volume I, published 1999).

Attractive patina with scattered verdigris.

$1,000 - 3,000