Scandal

Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934) has come to be regarded as one of the most outstanding British sculptors of the first half of the 20th century. In 1921 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, which subsequently awarded him two gold medals. In 1926, he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy. He received both public and private major commissions until his career was abruptly terminated by his premature death in 1934. His most famous public commission was the Royal Artillery Memorial at Hyde Park Corner (1925). This is his masterpiece, while his most celebrated corporate commission was for the sculptural additions to the façade for ICI House, Embankment (1927). Unquestionably his most accomplished private commission was the Scandal relief and fire basket for the drawing room of Mulberry House, Westminster (1930).