A Painted Plaster Bust of “Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla”; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) sub-Art & Sculpture biographer and translator perhaps best

biographer and translator perhaps best known for his collaboration in a translation of the Greek epic poem Odyssey with Alexander Pope and William Broome

and surviving largely in original condition from the middle to late Victorian period

save perhaps some cleaning of the drawer interior

so please take heed

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A Painted Plaster Bust of “Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla”; Frederick Thomas Daws (1878-1956) sub-Art & Sculpture biographer and translator perhaps bestOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1930 35Height: 18Width: 22Depth: 14 (all at extremities)The painted plaster model or bust of "Mok the Western Lowland Gorilla", by Frederick Thomas Daws (1878 1956), realistically modelled and hand painted in life size, survives from the second quarter of the twentieth century in untouched condition. Remaining in sound overall condition the piece has some very small areas of loss to his