Sunday 21 October 2012

Angela Conner (1935-present) Bronze busts - Chatsworth House, Derbyshire

Angela Conner is a British sculptor and in her early career was a paid apprentice carver to Dame Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975). Angela was a close friend of Andrew Cavendish, the 11th Duke of Devonshire. The collection at Chatsworth includes portrait busts of various public figures; 
Lady Emma Tennant, Harold Macmillan, Sir Tom Stoppard, Lord Rothschild, Sir Roy Strong , Sir Patrick Leigh-Fermor, Sir John Betjeman, Andrew, 11th Duke of Devonshire, Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, HM The Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales, Self-Portrait. Lucian Freud, The Earl of Burlington, 1976.








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