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'Harlequin' and 'Columbine' (© Wrest Park)
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© Wrest Park

'Harlequin' and 'Columbine'

Artist: John Cheere (1709 - 1787)

Location: Wrest Park

Date: 1740

Materials: lead

Dimensions: 124 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £4,500 (Total: £18,000)

Vendor: H Crowther Ltd

Review number: 4464 (1997)

Provenance:
Sotheby's, 1993 unsold.

Description:
Pair of lead garden statues. Harlequin and Columbine stand one foot in front of the other with both of their faces turned to the side. Both have one hand raised to their heads. Harlequin is lifting his hat off his head.

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