Puck Harriet Hosmer, 1855 The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
The mischievous sprite of Shakespeare's A
Midsummer Night’s Dream, Puck, has inspired many an artist for
centuries. This sculpture of “Puck” was sculptor Harriet
Hosmer's most popular work. She created the first version of the subject
between 1855 and 1856. This version was followed by about thirty marble replicas that were said to
have brought the sculptor a profit of over 30,000 dollars.
One of these Pucks was purchased in 1859 by the Prince of
Wales (the future King Edward VII).
Here, we see that version. It was
purchased from the family to whom King Edward VII had gifted the piece by the Walker
Art Gallery in Liverpool in 1976.
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