Which artisan, who was born in Otley in 1718, has a statue erected in his honour outside the Grammar School. He also has a full size sculpted figure on the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum?
"to Harrogate passed through the town. On 3 May 2015, the final stage of the first Tour de Yorkshire came through the outskirts of Otley. On 30 April 2016, Otley was the start of the second stage of the Tour de Yorkshire. Thomas Chippendale, the cabinetmaker, was born in a cottage at the junction of Boroughgate and Wesley Street and his statue stands next to the old Grammar School that he once attended in Manor Square. J.M.W. Turner, the painter, visited Otley in 1797, aged 22, when commissioned to paint watercolours of the area. He was so attracted to Otley"
"John Henry Foley John Henry Foley (24 May 1818 in Dublin – 27 August 1874 in London), often referred to as J. H. Foley, was an Irish sculptor, working in London. he is best known for his statues of Daniel O'Connell in Dublin, and of Prince Albert for the Albert Memorial in London. Foley was born 24 May 1818, at 6 Montgomery Street, Dublin, in what was then the city's artists' quarter. The street has since been renamed Foley Street in his honour. His father was a glass-blower and his step-grandfather Benjamin Schrowder was a sculptor. At the age of"
"Alfred Gatley Alfred Gatley (1816–1863) was an English sculptor. Alfred Gatley was born at Kerridge, about two miles from Macclesfield in Cheshire, in 1816. As a child he learned the use of a stonemason's tools from his father, who owned and worked two quarries in the Kerridge hills. In 1837, helped by a few friends, he came to London and obtained employment in the studio of Edward Hodges Baily. He also studied in the British Museum, and two years later became a student of the Royal Academy, where he gained silver medals for modelling from the antique, and in 1841"
"sculptor's old home at Kerridge. His statue of ""Echo"" is in the Salford Museum and Art Gallery, and there also are a marble group of ""A Boy leading a Bull to Sacrifice"" (1861), and busts of Euripides and Paris copied in marble from antiques in the Vatican at Rome. Alfred Gatley Alfred Gatley (1816–1863) was an English sculptor. Alfred Gatley was born at Kerridge, about two miles from Macclesfield in Cheshire, in 1816. As a child he learned the use of a stonemason's tools from his father, who owned and worked two quarries in the Kerridge hills. In 1837, helped"
"It was a life-size butter sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II and her horse, Winston, to commemorate her coronation. Butler was a founding father of the Oxford Jersey Club, the first president and manager of the Oxford Museum, the founder of the Oxford Historical and Museum Society and the ""Central Unit"" – the first independent, all-breed artificial insemination facility for cattle in Canada. He authored his autobiography, ""My Father's Farm"". Butler's achievements as an agricultural artist were recognized posthumously in June 1997, when he was inducted into the Ontario Agricultural Hall of Fame at the Agricultural Museum in Milton, Ontario and"
"Ernest Gillick Ernest George Gillick (19 November 1874 – 25 September 1951) was a British sculptor. Gillick was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, on 19 November 1874, the son of a tailor. The family moved to Nottingham, where Gillick was apprenticed as a designer in around 1891. He studied at the Nottingham School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. His first important commission was for the figures of J.M.W. Turner and Richard Cosway for the facade of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1901. He was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and worked frequently as"
"was architectural sculpture. Albert Hodge Albert Hemstock Hodge (17 July 1875 – 31 December 1917 or 27 January 1918) was a Scottish born (Port Ellen, on the island of Islay) British sculptor. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art under William Kellock Brown. Initially he worked as an architect with William Leiper, but his ability as a modeller led him to continue his career as a sculptor. His works include a statue (in Glasgow) of Queen Victoria and a statue (in Stirling) of Robert Burns. In 1901 he moved to London, where he died in 1917 or 1918. Much"
"the National Portrait Gallery. Another American artist John Trumbull created the well known portrait ""The Sortie Made by the Garrison of Gibraltar"" which resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His portrait was also painted by Mather Brown in 1788. His marble monument and statue exist in the south transept of St Paul's Cathedral, London. A bust of Elliot created in 1858 stands in the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens. A bronze medal ""George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield"" was created by Jean-Pierre Droz. There are various pubs throughout England that honour his name; including the General Eliott in Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire,"
"Albert Hodge Albert Hemstock Hodge (17 July 1875 – 31 December 1917 or 27 January 1918) was a Scottish born (Port Ellen, on the island of Islay) British sculptor. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art under William Kellock Brown. Initially he worked as an architect with William Leiper, but his ability as a modeller led him to continue his career as a sculptor. His works include a statue (in Glasgow) of Queen Victoria and a statue (in Stirling) of Robert Burns. In 1901 he moved to London, where he died in 1917 or 1918. Much of Hodge's work"
"of the laboratory at Cambridge. Redfern died at Hampstead on 13 June 1876, in the midst of a promising career. James Redfern James Frank Redfern (1838–1876), sculptor, was born at Hartington in Derbyshire, in 1838. He is best known for works incorporated into Gothic churches, including Salisbury Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral. He also created the eight virtue statues which are included in the Albert Memorial. As a boy Redfern showed a taste for art by carving and modeling from the woodcuts of illustrated papers. At the suggestion of the vicar of Hartington, he executed in alabaster a group of a"
"being. His statue (made by the sculptor John Henry Foley, who also designed the sculptures of the Albert Memorial in London) stands at one end of the street, with a statue of Charles Stewart Parnell at the other end. The main street of Limerick is also named after O'Connell, also with a statue at the end (in the centre of the Crescent). O'Connell Streets also exist in Ennis, Sligo, Athlone, Kilkee, Clonmel. Dungarvan and Waterford. The Daniel O'Connell Bridge was built over the Ophir River, Central Otago, New Zealand in 1880. There is a statue honouring O'Connell outside St Patrick's"
"a statue commemorating Mottershead was unveiled in Victoria Park, Widnes. Thomas Mottershead Thomas Mottershead VC, DCM (17 January 1892 – 12 January 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Thomas Mottershead was born in Widnes, Lancashire on 17 January 1892. He was the son of Thomas and Lucy Mottershead. He studied engineering at Widnes Technical School and was apprenticed as a fitter and turner after leaving school. In February 1914, he married Lilian Medlicott Bree"
"essayist and writer, Benjamin Brierley, was born in Failsworth and was famed for his work in the Lancashire dialect. A statue was erected of him in 1898 in Queens Park, Manchester. A bronze statue is in the public gardens by The Pole. In the field of politics, Sir Elkanah Armitage was a 19th-century industrialist, Liberal Party politician and former Lord Mayor of Manchester. In the modern politics, Jim McMahon MP, the former leader of Oldham Council represents the Oldham West and Royton parliamentary constituency for the Labour Party. Gary Mounfield is a musician who was a member of the band"
"his own pottery at Stoneshill near Crediton in 1964. His work has been exhibited worldwide and is represented in many public collections including Victoria and Albert Museum. John Maltby featured in the exhibition ""Glass, Light, Paint & Clay: Objects from the Graham Cooley Collection"" at the Peterborough Museum and City Gallery from 28 October to 14 December 2017. The catalogue () features an interview with John Maltby describing his life and work. John Maltby John Maltby (born 1936 in Lincolnshire) is a distinguished English sculptor and studio potter. John Maltby was brought up in Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire. He studied at"
"which a memorial has now been placed. His medals are on view at the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum and his name is on the memorial in Winchester Cathedral. His Victoria Cross and other medals are displayed at the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum, Winchester, England. His other medals are: Francis Wheatley (VC) Francis Wheatley (1826 – 21 May 1865) was a British Army soldier and a Crimean War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was born in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire,"
"of the old masters as well. He was also a good etcher. His portrait of his mother, and a portrait study, called Summer, are in the National Gallery of Scotland, and his portrait of Sir Walter Scott is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. His portrait of Alexander Oswald of Changue FRSE is held at the Glasgow Museum Resource Centre. Andrew Geddes (artist) Andrew Geddes (5 April 17835 May 1844) was a Scottish portrait painter and etcher. Geddes was born in Edinburgh. After receiving a good education in the high school and in the University of Edinburgh, he was for"
"a painter of flowers and portraits. Francis Wheatley (painter) Francis Wheatley RA (London 1747 – 28 June 1801) was an English portrait and landscape painter. Wheatley was born at Wild Court, Covent Garden, London, the son of a master tailor. He studied at William Shipley's drawing school and the Royal Academy, and won several prizes from the Society of Arts. He assisted in the decoration of Vauxhall, and aided John Hamilton Mortimer in painting a ceiling for Lord Melbourne at Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. In his youth, his life was irregular and dissipated. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy"
"and carries a bronze portrait of William by Henry Snell Gamley. His wife Jane Dickson (1855–1927) is also buried with him. A painting of William Grant Stevenson by Charles Martin Hardie is held in the National Gallery of Scotland. William Grant Stevenson William Grant Stevenson (1849–1919) was a Scottish sculptor and portrait painter. Stevenson was born in Ratho in Midlothian. His elder brother David Watson Stevenson (1842–1904) was also a sculptor and an elected member of the Royal Scottish Academy. Stevenson is most famous for his colossal bronze figure of Sir William Wallace, which stands on a high plinth of"
"inscribed on each side of the plinth; on its ends is the inscription ""Erected June 18 1844"". A brass plaque at the plinth's base reads: Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London The equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington is an outdoor sculpture of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a British soldier and statesman, located at the Royal Exchange in London. It overlooks Bank junction in the historic City of London. The sculptor was Francis Leggatt Chantrey. The statue commemorates Wellington's assistance to the City of London in ensuring a bill was passed to allow"
"collector William Young Ottley (1771–1836). Since about 2009 they have been on loan to the National Gallery. In the 1830s the Wood family had 24 colours of the Grenadier Guards hung in the chancel. In 2012 they were taken down and presented to The Guards Museum at Wellington Barracks. Its chantry was founded in 1324 by Thomas de Littleton, then rector of Harrow, and formerly rector of Spaxton. By his agreement with the Abbot and Convent of Chertsey, they bound the Abbey to pay 5 marks yearly to a chaplain to celebrate divine service daily at the altar of St."
"1668. A number of his friends were leading clergymen, and many of his sitters were drawn from the Church and other intellectual circles. Alexander Chalmers attributes the satirical work ""Don Juan Lamberto, or a Comical History of the late Times "" to Flatman in his entry in the General Biographical Dictionary of 1812–1817. Thomas Flatman Thomas Flatman (21 February 1635 – 8 December 1688) was an English poet and miniature painter. There were several editions of his ""Poems and Songs"" (1674). One of his self-portraits is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. A portrait of Charles II is in the"
"Thomas Brock Sir Thomas Brock (Worcester 1 March 1847 – 22 August 1922 London) was an English sculptor, and medallist, whose works include the monument to Queen Victoria in front of Buckingham Palace. Brock was born in Worcester, attended the School of Design there and then undertook an apprenticeship in modelling at the Worcester Royal Porcelain Works. In 1866 he became a pupil of the sculptor John Henry Foley. After Foley's death in 1874, Brock finished some of his commissions. It was his completion of Foley's statue of Prince Albert for the Albert Memorial which first brought Brock to prominence."
"statues were constructed by local masonry firms, although some were by artists or imported. The monument at Ipswich involved several makers and is an unusual example of the work of Queensland Railway architect, Vincent Price. Price was born in Brisbane in 1868 and began his architectural career articled to Richard Gailey. He established his own practice in Brisbane in 1890 but soon became a draftsman in the Chief Engineers Office of Queensland Railways. He remained with the railways until he retired in 1933, his last position being that of Principal Railway Architect. The digger statue is one of only two"
"the area Statues and monuments abound including: King William (joint monarch with his wife Queen Mary) from 1688. Foundry of Can't & Lindsay, 1735. At Glasgow Cross until 1923. Rev Dr Norman McLeod, minister of the Barony. Sculptor John Mossman, 1881. David Livingstone, physician, missionary, explorer. Sculptor John Mossman, 1879. At George Square until 1956. James Arthur, clothing manufacturer and philanthropist. Sculptor George Anderson Lawson, 1893. James Lumsden, stationery manufacturer, Lord Provost, and Royal Infirmary treasurer. Sculptor John Mossman, 1862. James White, chemicals manufacturer and philanthropist Sculptor Francis Leslie, 1890. Queen Victoria, monarch from 1837 to 1901. Sculptor Albert Hemstock"
"Statue of Captain Albert Ball A statue of Captain Albert Ball stands in Nottingham Castle Gardens, in Nottingham, England. It comprises a bronze sculpture by Henry Poole which depicts the British fighter pilot Captain Albert Ball VC DSO & Two Bars, MC accompanied by an allegorical female figure, standing on a stone pedestal by the architect Edwin Alfred Rickards. The memorial was unveiled in 1921, was listed at Grade II in 1972, upgraded to Grade I in 2017. Albert Ball was born in Nottingham in 1896. His father, also Albert Ball, was a businessman and local politician. In September 1914,"
"Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington, City of London The equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington is an outdoor sculpture of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, a British soldier and statesman, located at the Royal Exchange in London. It overlooks Bank junction in the historic City of London. The sculptor was Francis Leggatt Chantrey. The statue commemorates Wellington's assistance to the City of London in ensuring a bill was passed to allow the rebuilding of London Bridge. While sitting for a later portrait by Charles Robert Leslie, Wellington recalled that Chantrey had told him he had a"
"Cowper and Newton Museum The Cowper and Newton Museum is a museum in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, in the Borough of Milton Keynes. Celebrating the work and lives of two famous local residents: William Cowper (1731–1800) a celebrated 18th-century poet; and John Newton, a prominent slave trade abolitionist who was curate in the local church. Together, Cowper and Newton wrote the ""Olney Hymns"", including one of the world’s most popular hymns, Amazing Grace"". The Museum building is original to the Georgian era and is presented as it would have been when William Cowper was its resident in 1768 to 1786. Within"
"Victor Tolgesy Victor Tolgesy (22 August 1928 – 6 January 1980) was a Hungarian-born Canadian sculptor. The Victor Tolgesy Arts Award is named in his honor. Tolgesy was born in Miskolc, Hungary on 22 August 1928. He emigrated to Canada in 1951. He died in Ottawa, Ontario, 6 January 1980. Tolgesy was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts In 1966, a sculpture by Tolgesy, ""Freedom for Hungary—Freedom for All"" was installed in Budapest Park in Toronto to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising. The Victor Tolgesy Arts Award is presented jointly by the City"
"shop, commemorated his memory. The obelisk today forms the main monument in Salisbury Square. Robert Waithman Robert Waithman (1764 – 6 February 1833) was a master draper who in later life was a British politician; an economic progressive Liberal from an industrial background and a political reformist. He became an alderman of the Corporation of London who elected him as Lord Mayor of London for a standard tenure, one ceremonial year. Waithman was born at Wrexham, to John Waithman, a joiner at the Bersham Ironworks, and Mary (née Roberts). After being employed for some time in a London linen draper's,"
"Its listing was amended on 30 August 1996. George Livesey's statue by F. W. Pomeroy is also on the National Heritage List for England as is Livesey Memorial Hall itself. The Livesey Hall War Memorial was designed and sculpted by British artist Sydney March. The son of George and Elizabeth March, he was born in 1876 in Stoneferry, a suburb of Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was the second of nine children, eight of whom became artists. As a child, Sydney March worked as a monumental sculptor's apprentice. Later, he attended the Royal Academy Schools, where he won"
"Robert Olley Robert ""Bob"" Olley (born 16 January 1940 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England) is an artist and sculptor best known for his mining subjects, humorous drawings and paintings of everyday life, especially his iconic painting and internationally acclaimed ""Westoe Netty"". Born into a mining family in 1940 and educated at Westoe Secondary Modern, Olley began his working life 1955 as a painter and decorator before going into the mining industry in which he spent eleven years at Whitburn Colliery until the pit closed 1968. Leaving the industry he joined Plessey Telecoms by which time he was developing"
"at St. Andrew's Cathedral (Victoria, British Columbia), the Queen's Baton used in the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, and a talking stick presented to Nelson Mandela. Thirty of his pieces belong to the permanent art collection of the University of Victoria. In 2005 he was awarded the Order of British Columbia. In 2013 he was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Charles W. Elliott Charles W. Elliott is a wood carver of the Tsartlip First Nation. He makes his home in Saanich, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island. Elliott's totem poles have been placed at several locations throughout Greater"
"Benjamin Gott Benjamin Gott (24 June 1762 – 14 February 1840) was one of the leading figures in the industrial revolution, in the field of textiles. His factory at Armley Mills, Armley, Leeds, was once the largest factory in the world and is now home to the Armley Mills Industrial Museum. Gott was born in Calverley, Pudsey in West Yorkshire, England, to John Gott who was a civil engineer and county surveyor. Benjamin was sent to Bingley Grammar School until he was 17. When he finished school in 1780, his father apprenticed him to Wormald & Fountaine, wool merchants. Gott's"