Pretty John Warrington Wood 1800s Engraving “The Sisters of Bethany” Framed COA$274.00
Pretty John Warrington Wood 1800s Engraving “The Sisters of Bethany” Framed COA
$274.00
Artist: John Warrington Wood (1839-1886)
Title: The Sisters of Bethany
Medium: Antique Engraving on wove paper after the original marble statue by master engraver H. C. Balding (19th century).
Year: 1875
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image Size 4 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 13 x 15 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Inscription: on front of plinth: “THE SISTERS OF BETHANY / ‘THE MASTER IS COME AND CALLETH FOR THEE’” This quotation from John 11:28, Martha’s cheerful call to Mary, also provided the title of a poem by Christina Rossetti and appears on Victorian tombstones, such as that of George Edward Rood at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol.
John Warrington Wood was a sculptor of mythological and biblical subjects, and portrait busts. He exhibited works at the Royal Academy from 1868 to 1874. Born in Warrington, Lancashire in 1839, he trained as a stonemason. He moved to Rome in 1861, which was his main place of work. He adopted Warrington as his middle name to distinguish his name from that of the older sculptor John Wood (1801 – 70). He sculpted a medallion of Keats for the Protestant Cemetery in Rome in 1876. In 1877 he was elected to the Guild of St. Luke in Rome. His statues of Raphael and Michelangelo stand at the entrance to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Some of his best work is in the Warrington Art Gallery.
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