A RARE BRONZE BUST OF QUEEN MARY WHEN DUCHESS OF YORK

A RARE BRONZE BUST OF QUEEN MARY WHEN DUCHESS OF YORK

BY WILLIAM HENRY TYLER (1852-1906)

with a dark brown patination, signed 'Will Tyler' and dated '1893' with the foundry mark 'Cie Des Bronzes, Bruxelles', on a green speckled marble column incised 'May'

33cm high overall

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

This bronze bust of the future Queen Mary was made on the year of her marriage to George, Duke of York in 1893. She became Queen consort when her husband ascended the throne as King George V in 1910. 'May' was Queen Mary's informal name used amongst family members.

See the Royal Collection Trust inv. no. RCIN54057 for another example.

William Henry Tyler was born in Worcester and studied at the Royal Academy Schools and exhibited 15 times in the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition). His studio was located at 26 Hereford Square, London.