Hamo Thornycroft, Statue of Oliver Cromwell

Hamo Thornycroft

British · 1850–1925 · Sculptor

Sir William Hamo Thornycroft was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London's best-known statues, including the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Hamo Thornycroft, patinated bronze model of Teucer, patinated bronzepatinated bronze model of TeucerBonhams · £25,600≈ $32,266≈ €30,666Sign up to see
  2. Hamo Thornycroft, patinated bronze figure of 'The Sandal', patinated bronzepatinated bronze figure of 'The Sandal'Bonhams · £15,250≈ $21,455≈ €17,669Sign up to see
  3. Hamo Thornycroft, Untitled, whose own bronze of an athlete had been displayed three years earlier.UntitledSworders · £12,000≈ $16,374≈ €13,833Sign up to see

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Sir William Hamo Thornycroft was an English sculptor, responsible for some of London's best-known statues, including the statue of Oliver Cromwell outside the Palace of Westminster. He was a keen student of classical sculpture and was one of the youngest artists to be elected to the Royal Academy, in 1882, the same year the bronze cast of Teucer was purchased for the British nation under the auspices of the Chantrey Bequest.

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Born 1850, LondonDied 1925, OxfordOccupation SculptorWikidata Q4020039 ↗ULAN 500015074 ↗Museum works 3

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Also known as Sir Hamo Thornycroft, Sir Thornycroft, Sir William Hamo Thornycroft, W. Hamo Thorneycroft, William H. Thornycroft, William Hamo Thorneycroft, William Hamo Thornycroft

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Hamo Thornycroft, Statue of Oliver Cromwell
Statue of Oliver Cromwell1899
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC BY 2.0 · Jim Linwood, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Hamo Thornycroft, Boadicea and Her Daughters
Boadicea and Her Daughters1856
Wikimedia Commons ↗
CC BY 2.0 · Paul Walter, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
Hamo Thornycroft, Teucer
TeucerModeled 1880-81, cast 1891 · Bronze
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of George A. Armour — public domain (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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