John Thomas (sculptor)
John Thomas (* 1813 in Chalford , Gloucester , † 1862 ) was a British sculptor and architect.
His works can be found u. a. at Christ Church in Chalford ("Charity" above the south portal), Birmingham (statue of ThoEnglische Löwenmas Attwood, 1859), Maidstone, Kent ( Queen Victoria statue, 1863), Balmoral Castle in Scotland (reliefs) and in Islington, London (statue of Hugh Myddleton, completed posthumously in 1868). He was also involved in the adornment of Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster , there in a leading role as a supervising carver. At all four corners of Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait , which separates the Isle of Anglesey from Wales , there are monumental stone English lions .
The figure group The Death of Tewdrig from 1848, designed by him , was executed by his brother William Meredyth Thomas.
A copy of the bronze sculpture is in the Brecknock Museum in Brecon , Wales. It depicts the heroic death of the Welsh national saint Tewdrig Mawr , King of Gwent and Morgannwg , at the moment of the victory over the Saxons in the Battle of Mathern in 630 AD.
As an architect, he designed the Regents Park Chapel in London, Headington Hill Hall in Oxford and Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk.
A heated dispute over his plans for a colossal statue of William Shakespeare for the World's Fair in London in 1862 allegedly ruined his health to such an extent that he died in 1862. His grave is in Kensal Green Cemetery , London .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article on "The Victorian Web" (English); Retrieved April 25, 2009
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Homepage of Christ Church in Chalford (English)
- ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: "Gathering the Jewels: 'The Death of Tewdrig'" by John Evan Thomas, 1848 (English)
- ^ Gary Nisbet: Glasgow - City of Sculpture (English); Retrieved April 25, 2009
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| SURNAME | Thomas, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sculptor and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brecon or Chalford, Gloucester |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1862 |