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The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt

William Goscombe John (1860–1952)

National Museum Cardiff

The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt
The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt
The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt
The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt
The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt
The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt
The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt
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Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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This figure was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1911. It is a portrait of Basil Webb, only son of Henry Webb, of Llwynarthau, Monmouthshire, a Liberal MP and mining engineer, who was a director of David Davies's Ocean Coal Company. The modelling, pose, and scale recall Andrea del Verrocchio's 'David'. Basil Webb served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Welsh Guards during the First World War and was killed in December 1917.

National Museum Cardiff

Title

The Boy Scout / Y Bachgen o Sgowt

Date

1910

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 81.5 x W 26 x D 29.5 cm

Accession number

NMW A 126

Acquisition method

gift from Lady Henry Webb, 1952

Work type

Statue

Signature/marks description

rear, centre of base: W. Goscombe John / 1910

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William Goscombe John

1860–1952

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