Physical Energy
George Frederic Watts, R.A., 1817-1904
Bronze
17 inches
Collection of E. Lewis, Esq. (as of 1968)
This reduced version of the bronze equestrian statue exhited at the Royal Academy in 1904 was cast posthumously. The sculptor began a colossal equestrian statue of Hugh Lupus in 1870, completing it eleven years later. He continued this theme in Physical Energy, which was erected in Kensington Gardens, 1908. — British Sculpture 1850-1914, p. 35