Mr. Boehm is a very able sculptor and has done some great works. His monument to the Princess Alice is excellent; his figure of Mr. Carlyle is grand; his bust of Mr. Ruskin is masterly. He has produced a marvellous amount of work, and all of it is good; for he knows what he means to express and how he means to express it. He has furnished many statues to India and the Colonies. He delights in quadrupeds, and especially in horses, many of which he has modelled, and one of which he rides every morning at daybreak. He is much admired by the Royal Family. His manners are excellent, and his companionship is altogether pleasant and profitable. He is a very good man of business. Vanity Fair, London, 1881
Joseph Edgar Boehm was Hungarian by birth, but his career and reputation were built in England in the nineteenth century. He went on to become Queen Victoria’s favoured sculptor and completed many royal commissions, particularly whilst staying with her at Balmoral, Scotland. Whilst Boehm’s work shows great attention to detail the finished sculpture was never as a result static or lifeless.
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