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JOHN BELL (1811-1895), A TERRACOTTA FIGURE 'YOUR GOOD HEALTH'
CIRCA 1863
Inscribed in Greek on the urn, translates as 'Is it not excellent water'
82cm high
A marble version of 'Your Good Health' was exhibited at the Suffolk Street Galleries in 1867 priced at £100. According to Richard Barnes in his book, 'John Bell, the Sculptors Life and Works', 'Your Good Health' was either bought or given to Sir William Hooker, director of Kew Gardens as thanks for his help in arranging specimen plants from the Americas when he was working on his America sculptural group for the Albert Memorial. According to Ray Desmond's book ,'Kew, History of the Royal Botanic Gardens' - 1863 'The sculptor John Bell made a fountain for Kew with the figure of a child raising a shell to its lips'.