F. W. Pomeroy
Frederick William Pomeroy | |
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Royal Academy Schools | |
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | New Sculpture |
Frederick William Pomeroy
Biography
Pomeroy was born in
On returning to London, Pomeroy joined the
Alongside his architectural work, Pomeroy continued to create smaller exhibition pieces. He carved a marble replica of
After Sedding died in 1891, his pupil
In the first decade of the 20th century, Pomeroy received several further commissions for architectural sculptures on buildings designed by Mountford. These included the figure of Lady Justice on the dome of the Old Bailey plus figures for the entrance to the court, statuettes, lamp standards and other decorations for the Liverpool Museum and Technical College, work for Lancaster Town Hall and a series of low-relief panels on gin-making for the exterior of Booth's Distillery in central London.[7][16] Starting in 1905 Pomeroy created four colossal bronze figures for the upstream side of Vauxhall Bridge in London.[7][17]
In 1907 Pomeroy became Master of the Art Workers Guild.
In 1913 Pomeroy married Patricia Morrison Coughlan, of
Public works
1887–1905
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Australia | The Doulton Fountain , Glasgow Green | 1887 | Sculpture group | Terracotta | Category A | Q17568982 | [7][19] | |
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Robert Burns | Fountain Gardens, Paisley | 1895 | Statue on pedestal with plaques | Bronze and granite | Category B | Q17843407 | [20][21] | |
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Gordon Highlanders memorial obelisk | Duthie Park, Aberdeen | 1898 | Obelisk | Granite | 4.5m high | Category C | Q77776613 | Douglas Strachan (designer), Henderson & Webster (masons), originally topped with a bronze sculpture which is now missing[22][23] |
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Statue of Admiral Robert Blake | Cornhill, Bridgwater, Somerset
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1900 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and granite | Grade II* | Q30625603 | [24][25] | |
William Ewart Gladstone | Central Lobby, Houses of Parliament , London
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1900 | Statue on pedestal | Marble | 2.4m tall | [7][26] | |||
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Statue of Oliver Cromwell | Market Hill, St Ives, Cambridgeshire | 1901 | Statue on pedestal and steps | Bronze and Portland stone | Grade II | Q22917664 | [24][27][28] | |
Frederick John Horniman
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Exterior of the Horniman Museum, London | 1901 | Plaque | Bronze | [29] | ||||
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Dr. Walter Hook | City Square, Leeds | 1903 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and granite | Grade II | Q26655854 | [24][30] | |
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Statue of Queen Victoria | Forecourt of Chester Castle, Cheshire | 1903 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II | Q15615686 | [31] | |
Robert Ascroft M.P. | Alexandra Park, Oldham, Greater Manchester | 1903 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II | Q26497406 | [24][32] | ||
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Robert Burns | The Domain, Sydney, Australia | 1905 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [33] | |||
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Queen Victoria | Interior of Woolwich Town Hall, London | 1905 | Statue on pedestal | Marble | [34] | |||
Samuel Hole | Rochester Cathedral, Kent | 1905 | Recumbent figure | Marble | Grade I | [35][36] | |||
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Archbishop Frederick Temple | St Paul's Cathedral, London | 1905 | Curved relief plaque | Bronze | [37] |
1906–1909
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Justice | The Old Bailey , London
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1906 | Statue | Gilded bronze | Grade II* | Q55247277 | [16][38] | |
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Hibernia and Minerva with Industry, Labour & Liberty | Pediment, Belfast City Hall | 1906 | Deep relief architectural sculpture | Stone | Grade A | [39][40] | ||
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James Nugent | St John's Gardens, Liverpool | 1906 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II | Q26504982 | [24][41] | |
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Marquess of Dufferin | Belfast City Hall | 1906 | 3 piece sculpture group on pedestal with canopy | Bronze and stone | Q17778397 | [42][43][39][44] | ||
Boer War memorial
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The Great Hall, Guildhall, London | 1907 | 3 Relief panels | Bronze | [45][46] | ||||
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Agriculture, Architecture, Pottery
and Engineering |
West side of Vauxhall Bridge, London | 1907 | Four statues | Bronze | Grade II* | Q1142134 | [7][17] | |
George Ridding | Southwell Minster, Nottinghamshire | 1907 | Statue on platform | Bronze and marble | Grade I | Memorial designed by | |||
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Francis Bacon | South Square, Gray's Inn, London | 1908 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and Portland stone | Grade II | Q27084378 | [49][50] | |
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Bishop Arthur Lloyd | Newcastle Cathedral | 1908 | Effigy | Alabaster | [51] | |||
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Sir James Horner Haslett | Belfast City Hall | 1909 | Statue on pedestal | Q17778550 | [44] | |||
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Learning | World Museum , Byrom Street, Liverpool
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1909 | Statue on column | Bronze | Grade II* | Q5146857 | Former College of Technology and Museum extension, with other decoration by Pomeroy, architect E.W. Mountford.[52] | |
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Navigation | World Museum Liverpool
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1909 | Statue on column | Bronze | Grade II* | Q5146857 | [52] |
1910–1919
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Thomas Guthrie | West Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh | 1910 | Statue on pedestal | Portland stone | Category B | Q17813224 | [53] | |
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Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton | In front of Burton upon Trent Town Hall | 1911 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II | Q26290476 | [54][55] | |
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Earl of Derby | Interior of St George's Hall, Liverpool | 1911 | Statue | Marble | [56][57] | |||
George Livesey | Grounds of former Livesey Museum for Children, London | Unveiled 1911 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Grade II | Q26665510 | [58][59][60] | ||
Hywel Dda | The Marble Hall, Cardiff City Hall
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1916 | Statue group on pedestal | Marble | [61] | ||||
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Birthplace of Thomas Gray | 39 Cornhill, London | 1917-18 | Plaque | Bronze | Grade II | [62] | ||
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Robert James McMordie
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Belfast City Hall | 1919 | Statue on pedestal | Marble | [44] |
1920–1924
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Lord Curzon | Victoria Memorial, Kolkata | 1921 | Statue on pedestal | Marble | [63] | |||
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War memorial | Ramsey, Cambridgeshire | 1921 | Statue on column | Bronze and stone | Grade II | Q26459919 | [64][65] | |
Sir Clements Markham | Courtyard of Lowther Lodge, London | 1921 | Bust | Bronze | Grade II* | [66][67] | |||
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War memorial | Coleraine, County Londonderry | 1922 | Statue on obelisk with base figure | Bronze and Portland stone | 5.4m high | [68] | ||
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War memorial | Kensington High Street, London | 1922 | Cross on column and pedestal | Portland stone | 10.6m high | Grade II | Q26300012 | Architect: Hubert Christian Corlette.[69][70] |
War memorial | Inver Park, Larne, County Antrim | 1922 | Cenotaph with sculpture figures | Portland stone and bronze | Grade B1 | [71] | |||
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Brigadier-General John Nicholson | Market Square, Lisburn | 1922 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | Category B | [72] |
Other works
- Marble reredos at St Saviour's Church, Colgate, West Sussex[73]
- A marble bust of William Henry Perkin for the Royal Society of Chemistry at Burlington House, London.[74]
- A bust of the surgeon Sir Henry Thompson at Golders Green in London.[75]
- Chancel stalls and screen at Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, London.[76]
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The Lily of Killarney
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The Spearman bronze statue
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The Wood Nymph (1908), Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Cheshire
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External links
- 44 artworks by or after F. W. Pomeroy at the Art UK site