Ivan Mitford-Barberton
Ivan Mitford-Barberton | |
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Born | Hout Bay, Cape Town[1] | 1 February 1896
Occupation(s) | Sculptor and writer |
Notable work | The Mutual Building, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital |
Ivan Mitford-Barberton (1896–1976) was a South African sculptor,[2] writer and authority on heraldry.
Early life and education
Mitford-Barberton was born in
Works
He designed the monument of
In the 1930s he designed parts of the exterior and the interior decoration of
Mitford-Barberton designed the stucco reliefs that were placed in the pediments of the neo-baroque public buildings of
Miford-Barberton created the sculpture of the Settler family at the 1820 Settlers National Monument in Grahamstown.[9]
From 1947 to 1961, Mitford-Barberton was a member of the
Mitford-Barberton was a prominent figure in the field of
He was a founder member of the Heraldry Society of Southern Africa in 1953. He was a member of the Heraldry Council from 1963 to 1972.
Ivan Mitford-Barberton wrote several books on the history of his family and the 1820 Settlers. He was married twice and had five children, three sons and two daughters.
Publications
- Ivan Mitford-Barberton, sculptor. Bailey Bros. & Swinfen. 1962.
- Some frontier families: biographical sketches of 100 Eastern Province families before 1840. Human and Rousseau. 1969. with Violet White
- Comdt. Holden Bowker. Human & Rousseau. 1970.
- Barbers of the Peak: A History of the Barber, Atherstone, and Bowker Families. University Press. 1934.
Notes and references
- ^ Ivan Mitford-Barberton is listed as Barber, Ivan Gray in the Register of S. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, from 1855 to 1914 (Laurie 1914, p. 62)
- ^ "Ivan Mitford-Barberton, teacher of art at the Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town and sculptor of several monuments in South Africa". South African History Online. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ Afọlayan 2004, p. 134.
- ^ Governor of Kenya 1923, p. 774.
- ^ "Ivan Mitford-Barberton", Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, 2011, retrieved 3 October 2014
- ^ Naidoo, Romaana (13 September 2013). "Barberton glitters with more than just gold". Media Club South Africa. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Hout Bay Pic of the Day 12/08/11". Hout Bay Organised. 12 August 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "Peter Pan statue in Cape Town". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ Merrington 2006.
- ^ Buckland & Neville 2004, p. 83.
- ^ Laing, R.A. (Spring 2000). "The Myth of South African Heraldic Writing". Arma.
- ISSN 0018-229X. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Dawes, M. (26 October 1951), "Ons dorpe en stede spog met vals wapens", Die Huisgenoot (in Afrikaans)
- ^ Mitford-Barberton, I (July 1956), "Heraldry and the Municipality", South African Municipal Magazine
- Laurie, K. W. J. (1914). Register of S. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, from 1855 to 1914. Grahamstown: Slater & Co.
- Governor of Kenya (26 September 1923). Kenya Gazette.
- Afọlayan, Funso S. (2004). Culture and Customs of South Africa. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32018-7.
- Merrington, Peter (December 2006). "Cape Dutch Tongaat: A Case Study in 'Heritage'". Journal of Southern African Studies. 32 (4, Heritage in Southern Africa). Taylor & Francis: 683–699. Jstor(subscription required)
- Buckland, Richard; Neville, Thelma (2004). A story of Rhodes: Rhodes University 1904 to 2004. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-7978-2402-7.
Further reading
- Hilton-Barber, David (2014). The Saint, the Surgeon and the Unsung Botanist: A tribute to my remarkable ancestors. Footprints Press. ISBN 978-0-620-61401-6.
External links
- Extracts from an article on the BARBERs of Barberton written by Ivan MITFORD-BARBERTON at the Wayback Machine (archived March 4, 2016)
- Ivan Graham MITFORD-BARBERTON Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine