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Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal, KCVO, RA (1863-1931), Vesta, bronze with dark brown patination, signed in the maquette, 23cm high, on a red viened marble plinth, 26cm high overall Sir Bertram Mackennal was one Sir Bertram Mackennal was one of the most significant Australian sculptors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mackennal came to London aged nineteen to study at the Royal Academy Schools, and went from there to work briefly under Rodin in Paris. He made sculpture for war memorials and public buildings in London and Australia. He was knighted in 1921, after designing the tomb of Edward VII. It is possible that this is one of the bronzes described in Diana Cooper Autobiography , The Rainbow Comes and Goes , 1958, page 220. Diana describes various wedding gifts including Statuettes by Frampton, Mackennal and Reid Dick.... Provenance: Property of The Viscount Norwich and Lady Diana Cooper. Refer to the online PFD of the catalogue for further information (Lots 1 - 169)