Person    | Female  Born /12/1809  Died 1/2/1895

Mary Thornycroft

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor. Born Norfolk but in 1823 her family moved to London, 56 Albany Street. Her father, John Francis, was a sculptor and she worked with him as assistant and pupil in Albany Street. In 1840 she married another of her father's students, Thomas Thornycroft.

A successful sculptor, the royal family used her for many commissions and her income supported the family since Thomas was not in such demand. And the Queen engaged her to teach Princess Louise. However as the daughter, wife and mother of other, mostly male, sculptors and artists her career is rather lost in theirs. See her husband, Thomas, for more information.

For more information on this sculptor we suggest the book ‘Working Against the Grain: Women Sculptors in Britain c.1885-1950’ by Pauline Rose.

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Mary Thornycroft

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Fame - from Poets’ Fountain

The statue glistens with recent gilding. This was first done in 2002 in honou...

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Poets’ Fountain - Chaucer, Shakespeare & Milton

The seated figures represent the three Muses; the standing figures, the three...

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Samuel Henry Gardiner

Samuel Henry Gardiner

Andrew Behan has researched this man:  Samuel Henry Gardiner was born on 27 July 1832 in Newington, Surrey, the elder son of Richard Henry Gardiner and Eliza Gardiner née McCraw. His father was a S...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Chelsea Arts Club

Chelsea Arts Club

Started in 1890 when a group of friends began meeting informally. At least one of these friends, Whistler, was dissatisfied with the club of which he was already a member, the Arts Club. They were ...

Group, Art, Sculpture

1 memorial
Robert Easton

Robert Easton

Sculptor active in 1724 but died by 1726.  Mason to the Fishmongers’ Company.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Alfred George Stevens

Alfred George Stevens

Sculptor. Born Blandford Forum. Spent most of his life and energy creating the Wellington memorial in St Paul's Cathedral. The railings with lions (also by Stevens) around this were originally, 185...

Person, Sculpture, Belgium

2 memorials
Martin Williams
1 memorial

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St Saviour's war memorial

St Saviour's war memorial

SE1, Borough High Street, 32 - 34, a pub (name keeps changing)

The bronze statue on the plinth is of an infantryman tramping through mud. The front of the plinth shows a soldier in classical costume a...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Maggie Hambling

Maggie Hambling

Artist and sculptor.  Born Suffolk.

Person, Art, Sculpture

2 memorials
St Saviours, Pimlico war memorial

St Saviours, Pimlico war memorial

SW1, Lupus Street, St Saviours, Pimlico

The list of names are presented in two columns but unusually they are not listed alphabetically. Apart from the same surnames being group...

War dead | WW1, WW2
37 subjects commemorated
May Fair

May Fair

W1, Hertford Street, 7

On this site stood the historic May Fair.

1 subject commemorated
Alfred Mond, Baron Melchett

Alfred Mond, Baron Melchett

Born in Lancashire, where his father Ludwig had a factory.  Studied law and then entered his father's business as director.  Liberal and then Conservative MP 1906-28. In 1926 he achieved the merger...

Person, Industry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial