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Atalanta, Statue, Chelsea Embankment

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Type Statue

Standing figure of a woman (Atalanta) facing west; left hand by side, right hand raised to shoulder; head turned to her left; weight resting on right leg, left foot slightly raised and resting on a tree root(?). Back of right calf rest against stem of truncated tree. Arthur Byron, London Statues.

Inscriptions

In engraved capitals: F DERWENT WOOD R.A. / 1871 SCULPTOR 1926 / THIS EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK / IS PLACED HERE IN HIS / MEMORY BY MEMBERS / OF THE CHELSEA ARTS / CLUB AND OTHER FRIENDS

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