We received an email requesting information about items bought by Hearst from the Hamilton Palace. They provided an image of a passageway which included two bronze figures which they referred to as "Atlas" and wanted to know if Hearst purchased them. I searched through archive using "bronze", "atlas" and "Hamilton Palace" as keywords, but was unable to find anything. The figures were sculpted by Carlo Marochetti, so I tried searching his name but still found nothing. Searching Google, I found some information on the Hamilton Palace virtual reconstruction website which mentioned that the bronze figures were supposedly melted down. I also found "A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851" which gave basic information about the figures, including that it was cast by Soyer and it was considered architectural sculpture.
Another interesting item I found was a Christie's catalogue for The Hamilton Palace Collection which was dated 1882. I searched the catalogue for "Atlas", but found nothing. Also, I searched for additional catalogues and searched through them, but none include "Atlas".
I started looking through the Hearst's photo files in the archive, but still haven't come across the items....I'll keep looking.
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