The Philosopher
Created by Sophia Rosamond Praeger
Date: 1913
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: sculpture
Inscriptions
\'S. R. Praeger\'
Location: Back of base
Notes: 'The Philosopher' was first exhibited in plaster at the Liverpool Autumn Exhibitions, 1912 and in marble at the RA in 1913. Sold to an American collector. 'without copyright' printed beside title in brackets ('Irish Arts Review Yearbook', 2000, p. 36).
Exhibitions and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1913
Exhibited at The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1912
1912
On sale at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1913
£12
On sale at The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1912
1912
£12 12s.
Makers, Owners and Exhibitors
Acquired by Ulster Museum
1947
donated by the artist to replace a copy donated in 1929
Sources
Catalogue of The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition in The Municipal Art Gallery, 1912
1912
p. 14 (107)
Irish Arts Review Yearbook, 2000
2000
p. 36
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Eighty-Fourth Exhibition, 1913 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1913
p. 41 (551)
Citing this record
'The Philosopher', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib3_1218901526, accessed 29 Jun 2022]
