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| name = Francis Derwent Wood
| name = Francis Derwent Wood
| image = Francis Derwent Wood by George Washington Lambert.jpg
| image = Francis Derwent Wood by George Washington Lambert.jpg
| caption = A 1906 portrait of Francis Derwent Wood by [[George Washington Lambert]]
| caption = A 1906 portrait of Wood by [[George Washington Lambert]]
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| birth_date = 1871
| birth_date = {{birth date|1871|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]], [[England]]
| birth_place = [[Keswick, Cumbria]], England
| death_date = 1926
| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|2|19|1871|10|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [[London]], [[England]]
| death_place = London, England

| education =
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| occupation = [[sculptor]]
| occupation = Sculptor
| spouse = Florence Mary Schmidt (1873–1969)
| spouse = Florence Mary Schmidt (m. 1903)
| domestic_partner =
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| nationality = British
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'''Francis Derwent Wood''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[List of Royal Academicians|RA]]}} (15 October 1871– 19 February 1926) was a British [[sculptor]].<ref>[https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/francis-derwent-wood-ra Francis Derwent Wood RA (1871 - 1926)]</ref>

'''Francis Derwent Wood''' {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Royal Academy|RA]]}} ([[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]] 1871–1926 [[London]]) was a British [[sculptor]].


==Biography==
==Biography==


===Early life===
===Early life===
Wood studied in [[Germany]] and returned to London in 1887 to work under [[Édouard Lantéri]] and Sir [[Thomas Brock]]; he taught at the [[Glasgow School of Art]] from 1897 through to 1905 and was professor of sculpture at the [[Royal College of Art]] from 1918 through to 1923. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1920. He produced a good deal of architectural sculpture typical of the time, including four large roof figures for the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]] in Glasgow, the British Linen Bank also in Glasgow, and the Britannic House in London for architect Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]]. Freestanding sculptures by him may also be seen in various galleries, such as his 1907 ''[[Atalanta (Wood sculpture)|Atalanta]]'' ([[Manchester Art Gallery]],<ref>http://www.manchestergalleries.org/the-collections/search-the-collection/display.php?EMUSESSID=c0c2555eaedb9f99ee343e1f3834b993&irn=1194</ref> with a bronze cast of it now in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea Embankment Gardens]]),<ref>http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Wood%2C_Francis_Derwent_(1871-1926)_sculptor</ref>
Wood was born at [[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]] in Cumbria and studied in Germany and returned to London in 1887 to work under [[Édouard Lantéri]] and Sir [[Thomas Brock]]; he taught at the [[Glasgow School of Art]] from 1897 through to 1905. He produced a good deal of architectural sculpture typical of the time, including four large roof figures for the [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]] in Glasgow, the British Linen Bank also in Glasgow, and the Britannic House in London for architect Sir [[Edwin Lutyens]]. Freestanding sculptures by him may also be seen in various locations, such as his 1907 ''[[Atalanta (Wood sculpture)|Atalanta]]'' ([[Manchester Art Gallery]]),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestergalleries.org/the-collections/search-the-collection/display.php?EMUSESSID=c0c2555eaedb9f99ee343e1f3834b993&irn=1194|title=Search the Collection|website= Manchester Galleries}}</ref> with a bronze cast of it now in [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea Embankment Gardens]]),<ref>{{cite web | url=http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Wood%2C_Francis_Derwent_(1871-1926)_sculptor | title=UK Government Web Archive }}</ref>


===World War One===
===World War One===
[[File:Francis Derwent Wood, R.A. - William Rothenstein - 1921 - Rothenstein-98995-2.jpg|thumb|upright|Chalk drawing by [[William Rothenstein]], inscribed 'To F Derwent Wood – Homage from W Rothenstein, 1921'<ref name="A+H" />]]
When he was too old (at 41) to enlist in the Army at the onset of [[World War I]], Wood volunteered in the hospital wards and his exposure to the gruesome injuries inflicted by the new war's weapons eventually led him to open a special clinic: the Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department, located in the Third London General Hospital, [[Wandsworth]]. Instead of the rubber masks used conventionally, Wood constructed masks of thin metal, sculpted to match the portraits of the men in their pre-war normality. Just as had been happening with soldiers operated upon with the recent advances in [[plastic surgery]], Wood's masks provided each with a renewed self-confidence, even self-respect, though they often proved uncomfortable. Face wounds were known to be the most devastating. By hiding the wounds behind the mask, the young men were able to return to relationships with their families and friends.
As the onset of the [[World War I|First World War]], Wood was too old (at 41), for active duty and enlisted as a private in the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]], in which he served as an orderly with his photographer friend [[Ward Muir]]. He worked as an orderly in hospital wards, and his exposure to the gruesome injuries inflicted by the new war's weapons eventually led him to open a special clinic: the Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department, located in the Third London General Hospital, [[Wandsworth]]. Instead of the rubber masks used conventionally, Wood constructed masks of thin metal, sculpted to match the portraits of the men in their pre-war normality. Just as had been happening with soldiers operated upon with the recent advances in [[plastic surgery]], Wood's masks provided each with a renewed self-confidence, even self-respect, though they often proved uncomfortable. Face wounds were known to be the most devastating. By hiding the wounds behind the mask, the young men were able to return to relationships with their families and friends.<ref name="CAlexander">{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/faces-of-war-145799854/|title=Faces of War|first=Caroline | last = Alexander|year=2007|work=Smithsonian Magazine|access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref>


Each mask required many weeks of work on the part of Woods, and other surgeons who followed his lead. A plaster cast was taken of the subject's wounded face – but only after the wounds and subsequent surgeries had totally healed. The crude process was itself a trial. The plaster cast was used to make a squeeze of [[plastocene]] or clay. This disfigured bust was used as the foundation of all prosthetic restorative work, with the sculptor working to replace the missing components of the face with the shapes from the opposing side. The mask itself was made from a thin copper sheet – galvanized copper to facilitate painting after forming. Painting a realistic portrait onto the copper mask was as challenging as the sculpting: each was finished while the patient wore it, in order to most accurately match the tone of the flesh with the enamels.
Each mask required many weeks of work on the part of Woods, and other surgeons who followed his lead. A plaster cast was taken of the subject's wounded face – but only after the wounds and subsequent surgeries had totally healed. The crude process was itself a trial. The plaster cast was used to make a squeeze of [[plastocene]] or clay. This disfigured bust was used as the foundation of all prosthetic restorative work, with the sculptor working to replace the missing components of the face with the shapes from the opposing side. The mask itself was made from a thin copper sheet – galvanized copper to facilitate painting after forming. Painting a realistic portrait onto the copper mask was as challenging as the sculpting: each was finished while the patient wore it, in order to most accurately match the tone of the flesh with the enamels.<ref name="CAlexander"/>


The ward stayed open only two years, from 1917 to 1919. There is no record of the exact number of masks made, but it must have been several hundred: a tiny drop among the more than 20,000 wounded in the face. His earnest efforts may not have helped statistically, but they influenced the lives of those he helped dramatically.
The ward stayed open only two years, from 1917 to 1919. There is no record of the exact number of masks made, but it must have been several hundred: a tiny drop among the more than 20,000 wounded in the face. His earnest efforts may not have helped statistically, but they influenced the lives of those he helped dramatically.<ref name="CAlexander"/>


===Post-war===
===Post-war===
Wood was professor of sculpture at the [[Royal College of Art]] from 1918 through to 1923, with [[William Rothenstein]] as Principal.<ref name="A+H">{{cite web |title=The List |url=https://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/ |publisher=[[Abbott and Holder]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122193921/https://www.abbottandholder-thelist.co.uk/ |archive-date=22 November 2020 }}</ref>

He produced a representation of [[The Crucified Soldier]] called ''[[Canada's Golgotha]]'' in 1919, which caused a diplomatic flap between the Canadian and German governments. His ''[[Machine Gun Corps Memorial]]'' at [[Hyde Park Corner]] was also controversial.
He produced a representation of [[The Crucified Soldier]] called ''[[Canada's Golgotha]]'' in 1919, which caused a diplomatic flap between the Canadian and German governments. His ''[[Machine Gun Corps Memorial]]'' at [[Hyde Park Corner]] was also controversial.


He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1920.
==Personal==
He married Florence Mary Schmidt (1873&ndash;1969) in early 1903.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=kxD3pwP%2BRLVX01SSwDgFQw&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=7 September 2014|work=FreeBMD ([[Paddington]] registration district)|publisher=ONS}}</ref> Wood died in London in 1926 at the age of fifty-five. His grave can be found at St Michael's Church, [[Amberley, West Sussex]] with that of his wife.


==Works==
===Personal life===
Wood married Florence Mary Schmidt (1873&ndash;1969) in early 1903.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=kxD3pwP%2BRLVX01SSwDgFQw&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=7 September 2014|work=FreeBMD ([[Paddington]] registration district)|publisher=ONS}}</ref> Wood died in London in 1926 at the age of fifty-five. His grave can be found at St Michael's Church, [[Amberley, West Sussex]], with that of his wife.


==Selected public works==
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| subject = ''Music'', ''Architecture'', ''Painting'' and ''Sculpture''
! scope="col" style="width:150px;"| Image
| location = Facade of [[Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum]], Glasow
|-
| date = 1898
|Memorial to Major General Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis
| type = Four architectural sculptures
|[[St Pauls Cathedral]] [[Greater London]]
| material = Stone
|Derwent Wood created a relief profile of Inglis which is part of a memorial tablet in the Nelson Chamber of the crypt of St Pauls Cathedral. The memorial comprises a marble wall panel with a bronze medallion portrait of Inglis who sports a large moustache and sidewhiskers. Below is a rectangular bronze panel which depicts an encampment and buildings. The inscription reads {{Quotation|"TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ IN MEMORY OF/ MAJOR GENERAL/ SIR JOHN EARDLEY WILMOT INGLIS/ K.C.B./ COLONEL/ OF H.M. 32ND. REG. HE SERVED WITH THAT REGIMENT IN/ CANADA DURING THE REBELLION IN 1837 IN THE PUNJAUB 1848-49/ AT THE BATTLE OF GOOJERAT AND {{sic|SEI|GE|hide=y}} AND CAPTURE OF MOOLTAN 1849/ AND DURING THE INDIAN MUTINY OF 1857 COMMANDED THE GARRISON / OF LUCKNOW FOR 87 DAYS AGAINST AN OVERWHELMING FORCE OF THE/ ENEMY HE WAS SON OF THE RIGHT REV JOHN INGLIS BISHOP OF NOVA SCOTIA/ BORN AT HALIFAX NOVEMBER 15TH 1814/ DIED AT HOMBURG GERMANY SEP 27TH 1862/ THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH. 1 COR.XV 26" inscription on memorial tablet|}}<ref>[http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.11699/fromUkniwmSearch/1 Maj Gen Sir J E W Inglis] UKNIWM. Retrieved 22 November 2012</ref>
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|Liverpool Cotton Association War Memorial
| wikidata =
|[[Liverpool]] [[Merseyside]]
| notes = <ref>[http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=wood_fd Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum] Glasgow Sculpture. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|This memorial is located in the Cotton Exchange Building in Liverpool's Old Hall Street. Derwent Wood's bronze figure of a soldier stands on a plinth and a metal plaque is inscribed {{Quotation|"THIS MEMORIAL/ WAS UNVEILED BY/ FIELD-MARSHAL/ EARL HAIG/ OF BEMERSYDE/ 5TH APRIL 1922" Inscription|}}whilst a second plaque reads {{Quotation|"THIS PLAQUE RECORDS THE NAMES OF THOSE MEN WHO/ WENT FROM THE LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION TO THE/ GREAT WAR 1914–1918 AND TO THE WORLD WAR 1939-1945/ AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN DEFENCE OF/ LIBERTY AND JUSTICE" inscription|}}and there is then as framed Illuminated Roll of Honour inscribed {{Quotation|"THE NAMES HERE RECORDED ARE OF THOSE MEN WHO WENT FROM/ THE LIVERPOOL COTTON ASSOCIATION/ TO THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN/ DEFENCE OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE/ 1914-1918/ (NAMES)/ 1939-1945/ (NAMES)" inscription|}}. 358 men perished in the First World War and 65 men in the Second World War.<ref>[http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2339/fromUkniwmSearch/1 Liverpool Cotton Association War Memorial] UKNIWM. Retrieved 22 November 2012</ref>
}}
|[[File:Liverpool Cotton Association War Memorial 2019.jpg|150px]]
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|-
| image = Sir Titus Salt Has Plans (8387938946).jpg
|Statue of General James Wolfe
| commonscat = Titus Salt statue, Roberts Park, Saltaire
|[[Westerham]] [[Kent]]
| subject = Sir [[Titus Salt]]
|Derwent Wood was responsible for the statue of Wolfe on Westerham's Green. Wolfe who died at Quebec in 1759 was born in Westerham.<ref>[http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.62175/fromUkniwmSearch/1 Statue of General James Wolfe] UKNIWM. Retrieved 22 November 2012</ref>
| location = [[Roberts Park, Saltaire]], West Yorkshire
|[[File:General Wolfe looking combative on Westerham Green - geograph.org.uk - 1598309.jpg|150px]]
| date = 1903
|-
| type = Statue on pedestal
|Machine Gun Corps Memorial
| material = Bronze & stone
|[[Hyde Park Corner]] [[Greater London]]
| dimensions =
|Derwood Wood carried out the sculptural work for the Machine Gun Memorial including the figure of David. The inscription on the front reads {{Quotation|"ERECTED TO /COMMEMORATE/ THE GLORIOUS/ HEROES/ OF THE MACHINE GUN/ CORPS/ WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR" inscription|}} and another at the memorial's side reads {{Quotation|"THE MACHINE GUN CORPS./ OF WHICH HIS MAJESTY KING/ GEORGE V WAS COLONEL-IN-/ CHIEF WAS FORMED BY THE WARRANT DATED THE 14TH DAY/ OF OCTOBER 1915./ THE CORPS SERVED IN/ FRANCE, FLANDERS, RUSSIA, ITALY,/ EGYPT, PALESTINE, MESOPOTAMIA,/ SALONICA. INDIA. AFGANISTAN/ AND EAST AFRICA./ THE LAST UNIT OF THE CORPS/ TO BE DISBANDED WAS THE/ DEPOT AT SHORNCLIFFE ON THE/ 15TH DAY OF JULY 1922. THE/ TOTAL NUMBER WHO SERVED IN/ THE CORPS WAS SOME 11,500/ OFFICERS AND 159,000 OTHER/ RANKS OF WHOM 1,120 OFFICERS/ AND 1,671 OTHER RANKS WERE/ KILLED AND 2881 OFFICERS AND /45377 OTHER RANKS WERE WOUNDED, MISSING OR PRISONERS/ OF WAR" inscription|}}<ref>[http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2129/fromUkniwmSearch/1 Machine Gun Corps Memorial] UKNIWM. Retrieved 22 November 2012</ref>
| designation = Grade II
|[[File:Hyde Park Corner, The Machine Gun Corps Memorial.jpg|150px]]
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|-
| wikidata = Q26426353
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| notes = <ref name="JoDarke">{{cite book|author=Jo Darke|publisher=Macdonald Illustrated|year=1991|title= The Monument Guide to England and Wales |isbn=0-356-17609-6}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1133413 |desc=Statue of Sir Titus Salt set in centre of main terrace of Park|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
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{{Public art row
| image = Statue Of Charles Henry Wilson 20 Metres East Of Guildhall.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = [[Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme]]
| location = [[Kingston upon Hull]], Yorkshire
| date = c. 1907
| type = Statue on pedestal
| material = Portland stone
| dimensions =
| designation = Grade II
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata = Q26584663
| notes = <ref name="JoDarke"/><ref>{{NHLE |num=1297048 |desc=Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme|access-date= 1 January 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Psyche by Francis Derwent Wood 01.jpg
| commonscat = Psyche by Francis Derwent Wood
| subject = ''[[Psyche (mythology)|Psyche]]''
| location = [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]
| date = 1908-19
| type = Statue
| material = Bronze
| dimensions = 175cm high
| designation =
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| wikidata =
| notes = The [[Lady Lever Art Gallery]] also has a casting of the work.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/dw/19.html|title= ''Psyche''|website= The Victorian Web|access-date= 23 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1257973/psyche-figure-francis-derwent-wood/ |title=Psyche, Francis Derwent Wood|website=Victoria and Albert Museum|access-date=5 February 2024}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Statue of General Wolfe, Westerham-geograph.org-2007498.jpg
| commonscat = Statue of General James Wolfe, Westerham
| subject = General [[James Wolfe]]
| location = The Green, [[Westerham]], Kent
| date = 1911
| type = Statue on pedestal
| material = Bronze and Portland stone
| dimensions =
| designation = Grade II*
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata = Q17545629
| notes = <ref name="JoDarke"/><ref>{{NHLE|desc= Statue of General Wolfe |num=1244025|accessdate=31 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/62175 |title=War Memorials Register: Statue of General James Wolfe|access-date= 31 December 2021|website= Imperial War Museum}}</ref>
}}
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| image =
| commonscat =
| subject = [[George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon]]
| location = Spa Gardens, [[Ripon]], Yorkshire
| date = 1912
| type = Statue on pedestal
| material = Bronze & stone
| dimensions =
| designation = Grade II
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata = Q26601856
| notes = <ref name="JoDarke"/><ref>{{NHLE|desc= Statue of the First Marquess of Ripon |num=1315486|accessdate=1 January 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Ambrose McEvoy by Francis Derwent Wood.jpg
| commonscat = Ambrose McEvoy by Francis Derwent Wood
| subject = [[Ambrose McEvoy]]
| location = [[National Portrait Gallery, London]]
| date = 1915
| type = Bust
| material = Bronze
| dimensions = 440 x 260mm
| designation =
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| wikidata =
| notes = <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw04130/Ambrose-McEvoy |title= Ambrose McEvoy|website=National Portrait Gallery|access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image =
| commonscat =
| subject = George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
| location = Gardens of [[Victoria Memorial, Kolkata]]
| date = 1915
| type = Statue on pedestal
| material = Bronze & stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata =
| notes = <ref name="MASteggles">{{cite book|author=Mary Ann Steggles & Richard Barnes|publisher= Frontier Publishing|year=2011|title=British Sculpture in India: New Views & Old Memories |isbn= 9781872914411}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image =
| commonscat =
| subject = George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
| location = [[Ripon Building]], [[Chennai]]
| date = 1915
| type = Statue on pedestal
| material = Bronze & stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
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| notes = <ref name="MASteggles"/>
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{{Public art row
| image = Statue of Sir Pherozeshah Mehta.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = Sir [[Pherozeshah Mehta]]
| location = Outside [[Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai]]
| date = c. 1916
| type = Statue on pedestal
| material = Bronze & stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| show_wikidata= yes
| wikidata =
| notes = <ref name="MASteggles"/>
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{{Public art row
| image = Golgotha.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''[[Canada's Golgotha]]''
| location = [[Canadian War Museum]], Ottawa
| date = 1918
| type = Relief sculpture
| material = Bronze
| dimensions = 0.8m tall
| designation =
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{{Public art row
| image = Australia Gate pier with boy, ram and shield.png
| commonscat =
| subject = Australia Gate
| location = Approach to [[Buckingham Palace]], London
| date = 1920
| type = Two statues on pillars
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| show_wikidata=
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| notes = <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/dw/56.html|title= Australia|website= The Victorian Web|access-date= 23 November 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Britannia DW.jpg
| commonscat = Britannic House
| subject = ''Indian Water Carrier'', ''Woman with baby'', ''Britannia'' & ''Persian Scarf Dancer''
| location = Britannic House, [[Finsbury Circus]], London
| date = 1920
| type = Architectural sculptures
| material = Stone
| dimensions =
| designation =
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata =
| notes = Architect, Sir.E.L. Lutyens<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/dw/42.html|title= ''Indian Water Carrier''|website= The Victorian Web|access-date=23 November 2012}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image = St Mary's church - the war memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1406342.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = War memorial
| location = St Mary's, [[Ditchingham]], Norfolk
| date = 1920
| type = Effigy & panels
| material = Bronze & black marble
| dimensions =
| designation = Grade I
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata = Q17537511
| notes = <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/ditchingham/ditchingham.htm|title=St Mary, Ditchingham|website= Churches of Norfolk |access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc= Church of St Mary |num=1050612|accessdate=1 January 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Bradford, Lister Park (39990500835).jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = ''Humanity overcoming War''
| location = [[Cartwright Hall]], [[Bradford]]
| date = 1921
| type = Sculpture group
| material = Marble
| dimensions =
| designation =
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata =
| notes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/whatson/event_detail.php?ID=593 |title=The Sculpture Court|website=Braadford Museums & Galleries |accessdate=1 January 2022 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130414075943/http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/whatson/event_detail.php?ID=593 |archivedate=14 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/peace-overcoming-war|title=Peace overcoming War - Unidentified photographer|website=Royal Academy|access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Roycestatue.jpg
| commonscat =
| subject = Sir [[Henry Royce]]
| location = Riverside Gardens, [[Derby]]
| date = 1921
| type = Statue on pedestal
| material = Bronze & stone
| dimensions =
| designation = Grade II
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata =
| notes = Restored & relocated 1990<ref name="JoDarke"/><ref>{{NHLE |num=1228935 |desc= Statue of Sir FH Royce|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
}}
{{Public art row
| image = Liverpool Cotton Association War Memorial 2019.jpg
| commonscat = Liverpool Cotton Association War Memorial
| subject = Liverpool Cotton Association war memorial
| location = Exchange Flags, Walker House, Liverpool
| date = 1922
| type = Statue
| material = Bronze
| dimensions =
| designation = Grade II
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata = Q66478442
| notes = Unveiled 1922, relocated 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2339 |title=War Memorials Register: Liverpool Cotton Association|access-date= 22 November 2012|website= Imperial War Museum}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1442272 |desc=The Liverpool Cotton Association War Memorial|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
}}
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| image = Keswick war memorial.jpg
| commonscat = Keswick War Memorial
| subject = War memorial
| location = [[Keswick, Cumbria]]
| date = 1922
| type = Cenotaph with plaques
| material = Stone & bronze
| dimensions =
| designation = Grade II
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata = Q66477925
| notes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/2206 |title=War Memorials Register: Keswick (Including Roedean School WW2 Evacuees and the Verdun Oak Tree)|access-date= 31 December 2021|website= Imperial War Museum}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE |num=1438053 |desc= Keswick War Memorial|access-date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
}}
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| image = Machine Gun Corps.JPG
| commonscat = Machine Gun Corps Memorial
| subject = [[Machine Gun Corps Memorial]]
| location = [[Hyde Park Corner]], London
| date = 1925
| type = Statue on pedestal with surround
| material = Bronze, marble & Portland stone
| dimensions =
| designation = Grade II*
| show_wikidata=
| wikidata = Q6723658
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| subject = Memorial to Major General Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis
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==Other works==
==Images of Machine Gun Corps Memorial==
* ''The Penitent Thief'', 1918, bronze head of one of the two thieves crucified alongside Jesus Christ, held at [[Lady Lever Art Gallery]], PortSunlight<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/sculpture/thepenitentthief.aspx|title= The Penitent Thief|website= Liverpool Museums/Lady Lever Art Gallery|access-date= 23 November 2012}}</ref>
* Derwent Wood modelled, 1897–1900, the figures of the Ship's Prow and Zephyrs which adorned the British Linen Company Bank building in Govan Road, Glasgow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_images.php?sub=blb_govan# |title= British Linen Company Bank sculptures|website= Glasgow Sculpture|access-date= 23 November 2012}}</ref>
* Statue of Queen Victoria, bronze, 1903, now in the museum at Sheesh Mahal in [[Patiala]]<ref name="MASteggles"/>
* 1912 bronze statue of [[Edward VII]] in the uniform of a royal field marshal, now in the museum at Sheesh Mahal in Patiala<ref name="MASteggles"/>
* Statue, in bronze, of [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener]], c. 1920, originally erected in Kolkata, then moved to the Kitchener Military College and when that closed erected in the courtyard of the Dhubela Museum in [[Madhya Pradesh]]<ref name="MASteggles"/>


<gallery widths=175px heights=225px>
<gallery widths=175px heights=225px>
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Maggie.jpg|Derwent Wood's Maggie.
File:Machinegunmemorial 1.jpg|
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Lord Henn Collins.jpg|Derwent Wood's [[Richard Collins, Baron Collins|Lord Henn-Collins]]
File:Machinegunmemorial2 1.jpg|
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Study of female torso.jpg|Derwent Wood's female nude
File:Machinegunmemorial3 1.jpg|
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Abondance.jpg|Derwent Wood's Abondance
File:Machinegunmemorial1 1.jpg|
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Statue pour sommet de fontaine.jpg|Derwent Wood's Female nude
File:MGC Boy David Memorial Rear Inscription.jpg|
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Edouard VII.jpg|Derwent Wood's bust of [[Edward VII]]
</gallery>
File:Francis Derwent Wood - La Baigneuse.jpg|Derwent Wood's La Baigneuse

File:Francis Derwent Wood - Faune et outre.jpg|Derwent Wood's Faune et outre
==Further works==
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|-
|Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
|[[Kelvingrove, Glasgow|Kelvingrove]]
|In 1898 Derwent Wood was one of the four sculptors chosen in competition to produce a series of sculptures for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. The building has four large Derwent Wood sculptures on the roof and over the small tower on the left of the main entrance. The first is called Music and features a woman playing a violin, the second, called Architecture involves a woman holding a tapered column. The tower on the right has the sculpture Painting, with a woman in classical pose holding brushes, palette and a painting, and Sculpture featuring a woman holding a mason’s hammer and a statuette.<ref>[http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=wood_fd Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum] Glasgow Sculpture. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|
|-
|''The Penitent Thief''
|[[Port Sunlight]] [[Merseyside]]
|This 1918 work by Derwent Wood can be seen in the Lady Lever Art Gallery at Port Sunlight. The head is of one of the two thieves crucified alongside Jesus Christ.<ref>[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/sculpture/thepenitentthief.aspx ''The Penitent Thief''] Liverpool Museums/Lady Lever Art Gallery. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|[[File:Penitentthief 1.jpg|150px]]
|-
|[[Atalanta (Wood sculpture)|Statue of Atalanta]]
|[[Chelsea Embankment]] [[Greater London]]
|The original work "Atalanta" by Derwent Wood was in marble and dates to 1909 and after his death various friends of Derwent Wood including members of the Chelsea Art Club had a cast of the work made in bronze and it stands by the Chelsea Embankment. The original marble statue is held by the Manchester Art Gallery.<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/dw/48.html Statue of Atalanta] Tired of London tired of life. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|
|-
|''Psyche''
|[[Port Sunlight]] [[Merseyside]]
|This green bronze dates to 1920 and is in the Lady Lever Art Gallery. Regarded as a good example of the "New Sculpture" movement.<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/dw/19.html ''Psyche''] The Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|
|-
|''Indian Water Carrier''
|[[Finsbury Circus]] [[Greater London]]
|Britannic House was designed by Sir.E.L. Lutyens for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, which later became British Petroleum. There are several sculptures positioned around the exterior of this building and Derwent Wood was the artist who created the '' Indian Water Carrier''.<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/dw/42.html ''Indian Water Carrier''] The Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|
|-
|''Britannia'' ''Persian Scarf Dancer''
|[[Finsbury Circus]] [[Greater London]]
|For the same building, Britannic House, Derwent Wood carved the two figure of Britannia and the Persian Scarf Dancer which adorn the exterior. He was also responsible for the ''Woman with baby'' on the same building.<ref>[ ] The Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|[[File:Britannia DW.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Statue of Sir Henry Royce
|[[Derby]] [[Derbyshire]]
|Derwent Wood was responsible for the statue of Sir Henry Royce.<ref>[http://www.rolls-royce.150m.com/behindthemarque/indexen.html Statue of Sir F.H. Royce] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421205448/http://www.rolls-royce.150m.com/behindthemarque/indexen.html |date=21 April 2012 }} Rolls Royce Website. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|[[File:Roycestatue.jpg|150px]]
|-
|British Linen Company Bank
|[[Glasgow]]
|Derwent Wood modelled the figures of the Ship's Prow and Zephyrs which adorn this building in Govan Road, Glasgow.<ref>[http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_images.php?sub=blb_govan# British Linen Company Bank sculptures] Glasgow Sculpture. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|
|-
|"Australia"
|[[Buckingham Palace]] [[Greater London]]
|Derwent Wood was commissioned to sculpt the figure to represent Australia which is located on the east side of the Mall Circus in front of Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Monument. This work is dated 1920. Derwent Wood includes a kangaroo, some grapes and wool as well as the Australian Coat of Arms.<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/dw/56.html Australia] The Victorian Web. 23 November 2012</ref>
|[[File:Australia DW.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Statue of Sir Titus Salt
|[[Saltaire]] [[Yorkshire]]
|Derwent Wood was responsible for this 1903 statue of the Bradford mill-owner.<ref>[http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/dw/55.html Statue of Sir Titus Salt] The Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|[[File:Saltaire - Cricket Pavilion and Statue in Roberts Park - geograph.org.uk - 1389614.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Ditchingham War Memorial
|[[Ditchingham]] [[Norfolk]]
|<ref>[http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/ditchingham/ditchingham.htm Ditchingham War Memorial] Norfolk Churches. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|
|-
|Keswick War Memorial.
|[[Keswick, Cumbria|Keswick]] [[Cumbria]]
|Derwent Wood was the sculptor of the relief depicting "Victory" in classical costume with sword on the front face of the cenotaph.<ref>[http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/conMemorial.2206/fromUkniwmSearch/1 Keswick War Memorial] UKNIWM. Retrieved 23 November 2012</ref>
|[[File:War Memorial, Keswick - geograph.org.uk - 616168.jpg|150px]]
|-
|Humanity Overcoming War
|[[Cartwright Hall]], [[Bradford]] [[West Yorkshire]]
|1921<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/whatson/event_detail.php?ID=593 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-03-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130414075943/http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/whatson/event_detail.php?ID=593 |archivedate=14 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|
|-
|}

==Other images==

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File:DavidLondon.JPG|Francis Derwent Wood's ''[[Machine Gun Corps Memorial]]'' World War I memorials in [[London, England]]

File:Machine Gun Corps Memorial, Hyde Park Corner - DSC04271.JPG|Francis Derwent Wood's ''[[Machine Gun Corps Memorial]]'' at [[Hyde Park Corner]]
File:Chelsea Embankment statue.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's ''[[Atalanta (Wood sculpture)|Atalanta]]'' (credited as "Chelsea Embankment statue"), [[London, England]]
File:Golgotha.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's ''[[Canada's Golgotha]]'' (1918) at the [[Canadian War Museum]], [[Ottawa, Ontario]] [[Canada]]
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Maggie.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's Maggie.
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Lord Henn Collins.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's [[Richard Collins, Baron Collins|Lord Henn-Collins]]
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Study of female torso.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's female nude
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Abondance.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's Abondance
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Atalanta.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's ''[[Atalanta (Wood sculpture)|Atalanta]]''
File:Sculpture Of Atlanta-Chelsea.JPG|Francis Derwent Wood's ''[[Atalanta (Wood sculpture)|Atalanta]]''
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Leda.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's ''[[Atalanta (Wood sculpture)|Atalanta]]''
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Statue pour sommet de fontaine.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's Female nude
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Edouard VII.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's [[Edward VII]]
File:Francis Derwent Wood - La Baigneuse.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's La Baigneuse
File:Francis Derwent Wood - Faune et outre.jpg|Francis Derwent Wood's Faune et outre
</gallery>
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*[[Anna Coleman Ladd]], another sculptor making masks for soldiers disfigured in World War I
*[[Anna Coleman Ladd]], another sculptor making masks for soldiers disfigured in World War I


==References and notes==
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==External links==
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==External links==
* [http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/mask.html Smithsonian Magazine article, February 2007]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7556326 National Public Radio story, February, 2007]
* [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7556326 National Public Radio story, February, 2007]
* [http://www.projectfacade.com/index.php?/about/glossary_comments/anna_coleman_ladd Project Façade's page on Wood]
* [http://www.projectfacade.com/index.php?/about/glossary_comments/anna_coleman_ladd Project Façade's page on Wood]
* [http://www.gilliesarchives.org.uk Gillies Archives, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup UK]
* [http://www.gilliesarchives.org.uk Gillies Archives, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup UK]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160711204334/http://shm.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/3/666 Suzannah Biernoff, ‘The Rhetoric of Disfigurement in First World War Britain,’ ''Social History of Medicine'' (Feb. 2011).]
* [http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Wood%2C_Francis_Derwent_%281871-1926%29_sculptor Francis Derwent Wood] Article on The National Archives website which deals with some of Derwent Woods' work.
* [http://shm.oxfordjournals.org/content/24/3/666 Suzannah Biernoff, ‘The Rhetoric of Disfigurement in First World War Britain,’ ''Social History of Medicine'' (Feb. 2011).]


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Latest revision as of 03:45, 18 February 2024

Francis Derwent Wood
A 1906 portrait of Wood by George Washington Lambert
Born(1871-10-15)15 October 1871
Keswick, Cumbria, England
Died19 February 1926(1926-02-19) (aged 54)
London, England
OccupationSculptor
SpouseFlorence Mary Schmidt (m. 1903)

Francis Derwent Wood RA (15 October 1871– 19 February 1926) was a British sculptor.[1]

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Wood was born at Keswick in Cumbria and studied in Germany and returned to London in 1887 to work under Édouard Lantéri and Sir Thomas Brock; he taught at the Glasgow School of Art from 1897 through to 1905. He produced a good deal of architectural sculpture typical of the time, including four large roof figures for the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, the British Linen Bank also in Glasgow, and the Britannic House in London for architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Freestanding sculptures by him may also be seen in various locations, such as his 1907 Atalanta (Manchester Art Gallery),[2] with a bronze cast of it now in Chelsea Embankment Gardens),[3]

World War One[edit]

Chalk drawing by William Rothenstein, inscribed 'To F Derwent Wood – Homage from W Rothenstein, 1921'[4]

As the onset of the First World War, Wood was too old (at 41), for active duty and enlisted as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps, in which he served as an orderly with his photographer friend Ward Muir. He worked as an orderly in hospital wards, and his exposure to the gruesome injuries inflicted by the new war's weapons eventually led him to open a special clinic: the Masks for Facial Disfigurement Department, located in the Third London General Hospital, Wandsworth. Instead of the rubber masks used conventionally, Wood constructed masks of thin metal, sculpted to match the portraits of the men in their pre-war normality. Just as had been happening with soldiers operated upon with the recent advances in plastic surgery, Wood's masks provided each with a renewed self-confidence, even self-respect, though they often proved uncomfortable. Face wounds were known to be the most devastating. By hiding the wounds behind the mask, the young men were able to return to relationships with their families and friends.[5]

Each mask required many weeks of work on the part of Woods, and other surgeons who followed his lead. A plaster cast was taken of the subject's wounded face – but only after the wounds and subsequent surgeries had totally healed. The crude process was itself a trial. The plaster cast was used to make a squeeze of plastocene or clay. This disfigured bust was used as the foundation of all prosthetic restorative work, with the sculptor working to replace the missing components of the face with the shapes from the opposing side. The mask itself was made from a thin copper sheet – galvanized copper to facilitate painting after forming. Painting a realistic portrait onto the copper mask was as challenging as the sculpting: each was finished while the patient wore it, in order to most accurately match the tone of the flesh with the enamels.[5]

The ward stayed open only two years, from 1917 to 1919. There is no record of the exact number of masks made, but it must have been several hundred: a tiny drop among the more than 20,000 wounded in the face. His earnest efforts may not have helped statistically, but they influenced the lives of those he helped dramatically.[5]

Post-war[edit]

Wood was professor of sculpture at the Royal College of Art from 1918 through to 1923, with William Rothenstein as Principal.[4]

He produced a representation of The Crucified Soldier called Canada's Golgotha in 1919, which caused a diplomatic flap between the Canadian and German governments. His Machine Gun Corps Memorial at Hyde Park Corner was also controversial.

He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1920.

Personal life[edit]

Wood married Florence Mary Schmidt (1873–1969) in early 1903.[6] Wood died in London in 1926 at the age of fifty-five. His grave can be found at St Michael's Church, Amberley, West Sussex, with that of his wife.

Selected public works[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes
Music, Architecture, Painting and Sculpture Facade of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasow 1898 Four architectural sculptures Stone [7]

More images 		Sir Titus Salt Roberts Park, Saltaire, West Yorkshire 1903 Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone Grade II Q26426353 [8][9]
Charles Henry Wilson, 1st Baron Nunburnholme Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire c. 1907 Statue on pedestal Portland stone Grade II Q26584663 [8][10]

More images 		Psyche Victoria and Albert Museum 1908-19 Statue Bronze 175cm high The Lady Lever Art Gallery also has a casting of the work.[11][12]

More images 		General James Wolfe The Green, Westerham, Kent 1911 Statue on pedestal Bronze and Portland stone Grade II* Q17545629 [8][13][14]
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Spa Gardens, Ripon, Yorkshire 1912 Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone Grade II Q26601856 [8][15]

More images 		Ambrose McEvoy National Portrait Gallery, London 1915 Bust Bronze 440 x 260mm [16]
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Gardens of Victoria Memorial, Kolkata 1915 Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone [17]
George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon Ripon Building, Chennai 1915 Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone [17]
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Outside Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai c. 1916 Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone [17]
Canada's Golgotha Canadian War Museum, Ottawa 1918 Relief sculpture Bronze 0.8m tall
Australia Gate Approach to Buckingham Palace, London 1920 Two statues on pillars Stone [18]

More images 		Indian Water Carrier, Woman with baby, Britannia & Persian Scarf Dancer Britannic House, Finsbury Circus, London 1920 Architectural sculptures Stone Architect, Sir.E.L. Lutyens[19]
War memorial St Mary's, Ditchingham, Norfolk 1920 Effigy & panels Bronze & black marble Grade I Q17537511 [20][21]
Humanity overcoming War Cartwright Hall, Bradford 1921 Sculpture group Marble [22][23]
Sir Henry Royce Riverside Gardens, Derby 1921 Statue on pedestal Bronze & stone Grade II Restored & relocated 1990[8][24]

More images 		Liverpool Cotton Association war memorial Exchange Flags, Walker House, Liverpool 1922 Statue Bronze Grade II Q66478442 Unveiled 1922, relocated 2011[25][26]

More images 		War memorial Keswick, Cumbria 1922 Cenotaph with plaques Stone & bronze Grade II Q66477925 [27][28]

More images 		Machine Gun Corps Memorial Hyde Park Corner, London 1925 Statue on pedestal with surround Bronze, marble & Portland stone Grade II* Q6723658 [29][30][31]
Memorial to Major General Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis The Nelson Chamber, Crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, London Medallion & relief tablet Bronze & marble [32]
Atalanta, Memorial to Derwent Wood Chelsea Embankment, London 1929 Statue Bronze Grade II After the marble original of 1909 held by Manchester Art Gallery[33]

Other works[edit]

  • The Penitent Thief, 1918, bronze head of one of the two thieves crucified alongside Jesus Christ, held at Lady Lever Art Gallery, PortSunlight[34]
  • Derwent Wood modelled, 1897–1900, the figures of the Ship's Prow and Zephyrs which adorned the British Linen Company Bank building in Govan Road, Glasgow.[35]
  • Statue of Queen Victoria, bronze, 1903, now in the museum at Sheesh Mahal in Patiala[17]
  • 1912 bronze statue of Edward VII in the uniform of a royal field marshal, now in the museum at Sheesh Mahal in Patiala[17]
  • Statue, in bronze, of Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, c. 1920, originally erected in Kolkata, then moved to the Kitchener Military College and when that closed erected in the courtyard of the Dhubela Museum in Madhya Pradesh[17]
  • Derwent Wood's Maggie.
    Derwent Wood's Maggie.
  • Derwent Wood's Lord Henn-Collins
    Derwent Wood's Lord Henn-Collins
  • Derwent Wood's female nude
    Derwent Wood's female nude
  • Derwent Wood's Abondance
    Derwent Wood's Abondance
  • Derwent Wood's Female nude
    Derwent Wood's Female nude
  • Derwent Wood's bust of Edward VII
    Derwent Wood's bust of Edward VII
  • Derwent Wood's La Baigneuse
    Derwent Wood's La Baigneuse
  • Derwent Wood's Faune et outre
    Derwent Wood's Faune et outre

See also[edit]

  • Anna Coleman Ladd, another sculptor making masks for soldiers disfigured in World War I

References[edit]

  1. ^ Francis Derwent Wood RA (1871 - 1926)
  2. ^ "Search the Collection". Manchester Galleries.
  3. ^ "UK Government Web Archive".
  4. ^ a b "The List". Abbott and Holder. Archived from the original on 22 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c Alexander, Caroline (2007). "Faces of War". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD (Paddington registration district). ONS. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  7. ^ Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow Sculpture. Retrieved 23 November 2012
  8. ^ a b c d e Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0-356-17609-6.
  9. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Sir Titus Salt set in centre of main terrace of Park (1133413)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Charles Henry Wilson, Lord Nunburnholme (1297048)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Psyche". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Psyche, Francis Derwent Wood". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  13. ^ Historic England. "Statue of General Wolfe (1244025)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  14. ^ "War Memorials Register: Statue of General James Wolfe". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  15. ^ Historic England. "Statue of the First Marquess of Ripon (1315486)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Ambrose McEvoy". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Mary Ann Steggles & Richard Barnes (2011). British Sculpture in India: New Views & Old Memories. Frontier Publishing. ISBN 9781872914411.
  18. ^ "Australia". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  19. ^ "Indian Water Carrier". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  20. ^ "St Mary, Ditchingham". Churches of Norfolk. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  21. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Mary (1050612)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  22. ^ "The Sculpture Court". Braadford Museums & Galleries. Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  23. ^ "Peace overcoming War - Unidentified photographer". Royal Academy. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  24. ^ Historic England. "Statue of Sir FH Royce (1228935)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  25. ^ "War Memorials Register: Liverpool Cotton Association". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  26. ^ Historic England. "The Liverpool Cotton Association War Memorial (1442272)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  27. ^ "War Memorials Register: Keswick (Including Roedean School WW2 Evacuees and the Verdun Oak Tree)". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  28. ^ Historic England. "Keswick War Memorial (1438053)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  29. ^ "Wood, Francis Derwent (1871-1926)". The National Archives. 6 March 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  30. ^ "War Memorials Register: Mahine Gun Corps - Figure of David". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  31. ^ Historic England. "Machine Gun Corps Memorial] (1226874)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  32. ^ "War Memorials Register: Maj Gen Sir J E W Inglis". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  33. ^ Historic England. "Francis Derwent Wood Memorial, Embankment Gardens] (1189638)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
  34. ^ "The Penitent Thief". Liverpool Museums/Lady Lever Art Gallery. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  35. ^ "British Linen Company Bank sculptures". Glasgow Sculpture. Retrieved 23 November 2012.

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