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Young Girl In A Party Dress Sculpture.Bronze Child Girl Slightly Smaller than Life Size Commission statue for sale or commission by one of the leading Childhood Sculptors today The Prize Winning Robert Mileham.
“Robert Mileham was commissioned to sculpt Mary for a cobbled courtyard in Hampshire. This yard was part of a Country Workhouse between 1791 and 1834. The owner wanted a statue in memory of this, but as it would be a daily reminder, it should not be depressing. Despite the terrible conditions the poor lived in at that period, she was probably better off than her city counter-part. In reality she would probably have been an ill fed, miserable child. It was agreed however, to produce a work, which would be uplifting even on a rainy day. At the risk of being accused of sentimentality, Robert produced a sculpture of how they might have preferred to be remembered, not as there were. He made her lean and ragged, but making the best of things with a smile. She is in a Contrapposto Pose and was installed in July 2002.
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Mary a Poorhouse Waif (Bronze Child life size statue)
by Robert Mileham
£7,500
Robert Mileham started sculpting ten years ago and has been full time for eight of them. His work has come…
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