LITERARY LIKENESS

In 1910 Scottish novelist and playwright Sir James Barrie (1860-1937) commissioned the artist Sir George Frampton (1860-1928) to produce a bronze statue of his most famous literary creation – Peter Pan. After the bronze figure, dated 1915 and signed by the artist, was inveiled in Kensington Gardens, its huge popularity led to a small number of copies being made. One early copy was sold at Lyon and Turnbull’s ‘Decorative Arts: Design since 1860’ sale in Edinburgh. The statue carried an estimate of £25,000-£30,000 and sold for £35,000.