Circa 1860. English. Relief-carved marble portrait silhouette of Henry Corry Rowley Becher (1817-1885) by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890) . Signed, "Boehm" lower right edge. H.C.R Becher was a prominent London, Ontario lawyer, author and politician. Boehm is best known for the Jubilee head of Queen Victoria on coinage and for the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. An historically significant portrait by a master sculptor. 30.5" x 29.5" x 15". $6000-8000. CODE-BRO.