Queen Victoria on Horseback

Inscriptions

inscribed: T. THORNYCROFT FEC / LONDON 1853

Publications

Fine Art Society, British Sculpture 1850–1914: A Loan Exhibition of Sculpture and Medals Sponsored by the Victorian Society, 30 September – 30 October 1968 (London: E. C. Freeman Limited, 1968), no. 62. Elfrida Manning, Marble and Bronze: The Art and Life of Hamo Thornycroft (London: Trefoil Books, 1982), pp. 29–34, fig. 19. Sotheby’s, 19th and 20th Century Sculpture (November 29, 1991), lot 208.

Quick Overview

Artist: Thomas Thornycroft (English, 1815–1885)
Date: 1853
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 54.6 × 17.8 cm (21 1/2 × 7 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: statuette
Style: nineteenth century
Place: England
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Bequest of Arthur Rubloff
Accession no.: 1988.36.10

Provenance

Arthur Rubloff (d. 1986), Chicago, by 1986; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1988.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.