Collector's Journal — British Sculpture
The Newfoundland Rescue Dog: Legend, Sculpture and the Scottish Kennel Club
Animal Sculpture Animalier Sculpture Art Research British Sculpture Bronze Sculpture Canine Art Collectors Journal Dog History Dog Sculpture HELP Scottish KC Maritime History Maritime Rescue Newfoundland Bronze Newfoundland Dog Newfoundland History Provenance Research Reuben Decker S.S. Ethie Scottish Art Scottish KC Scottish Kennel Club SS Ethie Wisher Working Dogs
An intriguing early twentieth-century bronze Newfoundland bears the inscription “HELP Scottish K.C.”, opening a fascinating story of canine history, maritime rescue and the enduring legend surrounding the S.S. Ethie disaster of 1919.
James Gordon (1824–1901): Rediscovering a Portrait by Alice Gates
Alice Gates Art Attribution Art Research British Art British Sculpture Bronze Portrait Collectors Journal Edwardian Art Edwardian Sculpture James Gordon Liverpool Art Memorial Sculpture Portrait Relief Provenance Research Walker Art Gallery Women Sculptors
An indistinct signature on an early Edwardian bronze portrait of James Gordon (1824–1901) led to an intriguing discovery: sculptor Alice Gates exhibited The late James Gordon, Esq. at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery in 1902, providing compelling evidence for the portrait’s newly researched attribution.
