Fine bronze by "New Sculpture" artist Charles Leonard Hartwell RA entitled " Call of the Sea". The bronze with excellent patination and on a marble base. Charles Leonard Hartwell studied at the South London Technical School of Art under William Silver Frith and then at the Royal Academy Schools from 1896. Hartwell also worked as an assistant to Edward Onslow Ford and William Hamo Thornycroft. 1873-1951. The inscription round the base is taken from Charles Kingsley's poem "The Sands of Dee" 20.5 inches tall ( 51 cm).