Statue: Young Mozart

Artist: David Blackhouse

About: 1991

Medium: bronze & Bath stone

Dimensions: H 140 x W 93 x D (?) cm;

Plinth: H 80 x W 95 x D (?) cm

Location: Bath Somerset, United Kingdom

Custodian: Bath City Council

Photos by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography

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A scaled-down version of the statue in Salzburg depicting a young Mozart playing his violin and standing on a raised, pierced and scrolled bronze base in the form of a drum with three doves, two squirrels and a mouse at his feet. The sculpture was commissioned as the deathbed wish of Mrs Purnell (through the City of Bath) in memory of her son Mark Purnell (1938–1985). The unveiling ceremony was attended by Yehudi Menuhin (Trustee of the annual Bath Mozart Music Festival) and the MP Chris Patten.

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David Backhouse (b.1941)

Sculptor in bronze, born in Corsham, Wiltshire. Studied at West of England College of Art, Bristol, and became a fellow of RBS and member of SPS and RWA. Backhouse taught sculpture in Bristol for a time, then worked extensively abroad: in 1971 in Luxembourg, portrait heads of Prince Charles of Luxembourg and family; in 1972 in Rome and Florence, bronze casting. Among assignments completed were portrait head of the conductor Colin Davis, collection of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1974; sculpture for Mercantile and General Reinsurance Company, Cheltenham, 1977–8; and life-size, three-figure bronze fountain for John Perkins, 1979. Exhibitions included Lad Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1975; Alwin Gallery, 1979; retrospective at Century Galleries, Henley-on-Thames, 1980; and Orangery, Holland Park, 1981.

Read moreText source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company

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Statue: Young Mozart

Artist: David Blackhouse

About: 1991

Medium: bronze & Bath stone

Dimensions: H 140 x W 93 x D (?) cm;

Plinth: H 80 x W 95 x D (?) cm

Location: Bath Somerset, United Kingdom

Custodian: Bath City Council

Photos by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography

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A scaled-down version of the statue in Salzburg depicting a young Mozart playing his violin and standing on a raised, pierced and scrolled bronze base in the form of a drum with three doves, two squirrels and a mouse at his feet. The sculpture was commissioned as the deathbed wish of Mrs Purnell (through the City of Bath) in memory of her son Mark Purnell (1938–1985). The unveiling ceremony was attended by Yehudi Menuhin (Trustee of the annual Bath Mozart Music Festival) and the MP Chris Patten.

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David Backhouse (b.1941)

Sculptor in bronze, born in Corsham, Wiltshire. Studied at West of England College of Art, Bristol, and became a fellow of RBS and member of SPS and RWA. Backhouse taught sculpture in Bristol for a time, then worked extensively abroad: in 1971 in Luxembourg, portrait heads of Prince Charles of Luxembourg and family; in 1972 in Rome and Florence, bronze casting. Among assignments completed were portrait head of the conductor Colin Davis, collection of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1974; sculpture for Mercantile and General Reinsurance Company, Cheltenham, 1977–8; and life-size, three-figure bronze fountain for John Perkins, 1979. Exhibitions included Lad Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1975; Alwin Gallery, 1979; retrospective at Century Galleries, Henley-on-Thames, 1980; and Orangery, Holland Park, 1981.

Read moreText source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company

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Statue: Young Mozart

Artist: David Blackhouse

About: 1991

Medium: bronze & Bath stone

Dimensions: H 140 x W 93 x D (?) cm;

Plinth: H 80 x W 95 x D (?) cm

Location: Bath Somerset, United Kingdom

Custodian: Bath City Council

Photos by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography

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A scaled-down version of the statue in Salzburg depicting a young Mozart playing his violin and standing on a raised, pierced and scrolled bronze base in the form of a drum with three doves, two squirrels and a mouse at his feet. The sculpture was commissioned as the deathbed wish of Mrs Purnell (through the City of Bath) in memory of her son Mark Purnell (1938–1985). The unveiling ceremony was attended by Yehudi Menuhin (Trustee of the annual Bath Mozart Music Festival) and the MP Chris Patten.

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David Backhouse (b.1941)

Sculptor in bronze, born in Corsham, Wiltshire. Studied at West of England College of Art, Bristol, and became a fellow of RBS and member of SPS and RWA. Backhouse taught sculpture in Bristol for a time, then worked extensively abroad: in 1971 in Luxembourg, portrait heads of Prince Charles of Luxembourg and family; in 1972 in Rome and Florence, bronze casting. Among assignments completed were portrait head of the conductor Colin Davis, collection of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1974; sculpture for Mercantile and General Reinsurance Company, Cheltenham, 1977–8; and life-size, three-figure bronze fountain for John Perkins, 1979. Exhibitions included Lad Lane Gallery, Dublin, 1975; Alwin Gallery, 1979; retrospective at Century Galleries, Henley-on-Thames, 1980; and Orangery, Holland Park, 1981.

Read moreText source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company

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Artwork: Portrait of an Unknown Lady in Spanish Costume

Artist: Dutch School

About: 1580s

Medium and Support: Oil on panel

Dimensions: H 36.8 x W 27.9 cm

Current location: The Holburne Museum, Bath Spa

Photographies by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography

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“The painter has depicted this unidentified woman of wealth and fashion with heavy gold jewellery. Her rich dress is decorated with gold fastenings (known as aigles) in the shape of acorns. Her right hand, clothed in a fine leather glove, holds up an aromatic pomander box to ward of bad odours.”(The Holburne Museum)

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Artwork: Portrait of an Unknown Lady in Spanish Costume

Artist: Dutch School

About: 1580s

Medium and Support: Oil on panel

Dimensions: H 36.8 x W 27.9 cm

Current location: The Holburne Museum, Bath Spa

Photographies by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography

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“The painter has depicted this unidentified woman of wealth and fashion with heavy gold jewellery. Her rich dress is decorated with gold fastenings (known as aigles) in the shape of acorns. Her right hand, clothed in a fine leather glove, holds up an aromatic pomander box to ward of bad odours.”(The Holburne Museum)

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Artwork: Portrait of an Unknown Lady in Spanish Costume

Artist: Dutch School

About: 1580s

Medium and Support: Oil on panel

Dimensions: H 36.8 x W 27.9 cm

Current location: The Holburne Museum, Bath Spa

Photographies by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography

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“The painter has depicted this unidentified woman of wealth and fashion with heavy gold jewellery. Her rich dress is decorated with gold fastenings (known as aigles) in the shape of acorns. Her right hand, clothed in a fine leather glove, holds up an aromatic pomander box to ward of bad odours.”(The Holburne Museum)

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Artwork: Portrait of an Unknown Lady in Spanish Costume

Artist: Dutch School

About: 1580s

Medium and Support: Oil on panel

Dimensions: H 36.8 x W 27.9 cm

Current location: The Holburne Museum, Bath Spa

Photographies by 1️⃣ZebraPhotography

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“The painter has depicted this unidentified woman of wealth and fashion with heavy gold jewellery. Her rich dress is decorated with gold fastenings (known as aigles) in the shape of acorns. Her right hand, clothed in a fine leather glove, holds up an aromatic pomander box to ward of bad odours.”(The Holburne Museum)

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Artwork: The Little Cooks

Artist: Augustin Théodule Ribot (French artist, 1823–1891)

Created: 1870

Medium: Oil on oak panel

Dimensions: H 27.7 x W 21.5 cm

Location: Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

Photography by LillynisthArtist’s

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