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https://www.decorativecollective.com/dealers/brownrigg‘Reclining Greyhound’ Circa 1848 and original bronze figure of a greyhound, signed/marked/dated on plinth, by Gayrard, Paul (1807-1855). Mounted on marble base as table lamp, and recently rewired for the UK.
Paul Joseph Raymond Gayrard was a distinguished French sculptor and medallist of the nineteenth century. Born in Clermont-Ferrand in 1807, he trained initially under his father, the sculptor Raymond Gayrard, before studying with François Rude and David d’Angers, two of the leading figures of French Romantic sculpture.