A pair of near life size semi nude male and female lead figures in the manner of John Cheere, Hyde Park Corner, London, the male figure holding a mask, the female with arms outstretched to the left, each standing on later composition bases, 60in. (152cms) high. PROVENANCE The Sikes Family, Chauntry House, Newark. Then by marriage in 1862 to the Wallis family and thence by descent. See illustration