Girl gathering wood
Sculptor: Wells, Reginald Fairfax
Bronze sculpture of a girl holding an armful of wood
Sir Ivor and Lady Batchelor Bequest through The Art Fund
Depth: 13.8 cm
Height: 34.5 cm
Width: 13.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2015-04-27) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
19th Century-20th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1907
Reginald Fairfax Wells was a sculptor, studio potter, aircraft manufacturer and architect. Like the 19th-century painter, Jean-François Millet and sculptor Jules-Aimé Dalou, Wells was interested in depicting peasant workers in his sculpture. A magazine article in his life-time called him ‘the English Millet of Sculpture’. Wells became well-known for his small-scale bronzes, most of which were produced between 1900 and 1910. He cast his own bronzes, using the lost-wax casting method. From 1909 onwards, Wells began to focus more on studio pottery, having established the Coldrum Pottery in Wrotham, Kent in c. 1900. At the outset of World War I, Wells turned his efforts to designing and manufacturing aircraft. When this failed, he re-established his pottery business, the London Pottery Company, in Chelsea. In the census of 1911, Wells was recorded as ‘Sculptor, Bronze Founder, Art Pottery Manufacturer’ as well as a ‘Teacher of Bronze Foundry’.
Sculpture Depth 14.2 cm Height 34.5 cm Width 14.1 cm
Inscription present: the 5 is smaller than the 10
Accession number: M.14-2015
Primary reference Number: 201849
Old object number: 20
Former loan number: AAL.248-2006
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_14_2015
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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