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Adam on the Cold Ground
Adam on the Cold Ground
Adam on the Cold Ground
Adam on the Cold Ground
Adam on the Cold Ground
Adam on the Cold Ground
Adam on the Cold Ground

Image credit: Sir John Soane’s Museum

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This sculpture was badly damaged by a bomb blast in the Second World War. Its head is lost. It is kept carefully in store in its damaged state. The Soane Museum AB inventory entry for this work in 1837 provides a rare glimpse into the creation of such a model: 'small model by E. H. Baily, RA. Adam outstretched on the cold ground, modelled from Strowger in the Royal Academy – the figure was set by Henry Howard. Plaster.' The subject is from Milton's 'Paradise Lost', Book 10. Baily had to find a model for the figure of Adam and it appears from the inventory that it was Samuel Strowger, who was a model at the Royal Academy Schools. He was also head porter at the Royal Academy of Arts following the retirement of John Withers in 1802. He was still working at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1819.

Sir John Soane’s Museum

London

Title

Adam on the Cold Ground

Date

probably 1807–1837

Medium

plaster

Measurements

H 22 x W 9 x D 10 cm

Accession number

SC19

Acquisition method

acquired by Sir John Soane, before 1837

Work type

Statue

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