Person    | Male  Born 1839  Died 1917

Henry William McCarthy

Categories: Sculpture

Henry William McCarthy

Born Chelsea.  Died Lambeth.

Bolckow's Flickr page shows another McCarthy memorial, to Cardinal Herbert Alfred Vaughan, and asserts that McCarthy had worked for John Francis Bentley at Westminster Cathedral for many years.

Source: Mapping Sculpture, where it seems there is little known about him.

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Henry William McCarthy

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Southwark Cathedral - Shakespeare memorial

Carved into the panel behind the figure are images of the original Globe Thea...

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Thomas Thornycroft

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Sir John Steell

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