Provenance: acquired directly from the artist’s son Literature: James Woodford, Heraldic Sculpture and the Work of James Woodford, Ipswich 1972, p. 64
Woodford specialised in heraldic sculpture, most notable among which was his series of ten animals for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, known as ‘The Queen’s Beasts’.
From the book 'Heraldic Sculpture, and the work of James Woodford', Boydell Press, page 64