Fourth version, presumed at Witley Court, Great Witley, after 1857

It is unknown what happened to The Greek Slave after it was shown at the Manchester Art Treasures exhibition in 1857. In 1892 a major auction of the Dudley pictures was held at Christies, but no sculptures are listed in the catalogue. Richard P. Wunder states that upon the death of William Ward the statue passed to his son, William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, who died in 1932; then to his son, William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley. Wunder states that the statue was destroyed in a fire at Witley Court in 1944, caused by bombing during the Second World War. However, prior to this, in 1920, the 2nd Earl of Dudley had sold the property to the carpet manufacturer Sir Herbert Smith. In 1937 a fire devastated part of the property. Smith decided not to undertake repairs and instead engaged the auctioneer Jackson Stops in 1938 to sell the property and its contents. In the absence of further details, the final fate of the fourth version of The Greek Slave remains open to conjecture.  (See Karen Lemmey's essay.)