Princess Apollo Gavin Hamilton

Gavin Hamilton

A distinguished centrepiece that connects your home to one of the most romantic stories in the history of art

The original was purchased on a grand tour from an Italian studio for Burghley House

and was known as the first citizen of Athens

if a grander size is required

Princess Apollo Gavin HamiltonPrincess, a bust, after the marble by Miller, 1860, English. Felix Martin Miller`s original marble bust was inspired by Tennyson`s, ` Idylls of a king`. Miller was brought up in the London orphan school and, on the recommendation of Weeks, joined the Royal Academy in 1842. Millers work was exhibited at the Royal Academy and at other exhibitions from the early 1840`s until 1880. He specialised in sculpting characters from Shakespeare and Milton. Size.