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Youth at a Stream

John Henry Foley (1818–1874)

Royal Albert Hall

Youth at a Stream

Image credit: Royal Albert Hall

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The sculpture, based on a plaster version created in 1844 and exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition, was commissioned in July 1863 by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Fine Arts Committee for £500, to display in the conservatory of the RHS South Kensington Gardens, which adjoined the South entrance of the Royal Albert Hall from 1871–1899. The sculpture at that time was called 'The Boy at a Stream'. The RHS commissioned the sculpture because at the wish of the late Prince Albert, President of the RHS, that the gardens should bring together horticulture and sculpture. A bronze version of the statue can be found in Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon, titled 'Hermaphroditus'.

Royal Albert Hall

London

Title

Youth at a Stream

Date

1844

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 211 x W 94 x D 70 cm (E)

Accession number

RAH/5/4/3

Acquisition method

long-term loan

Work type

Statue

Inscription description

Inscribed 'London 1844'

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Royal Albert Hall Archive Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, London, Greater London SW7 2AP England

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John Henry Foley

1818–1874

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