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- John Thomas (1813 – 1862) was a British sculptor who worked on Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster. John Thomas was born in Chalford, Gloucestershire. Apprenticed to a stonemason after being left an orphan, he later went to Birmingham where his elder brother William Thomas (architect) was an architect. He was noticed by Charles Barry who immediately employed John Thomas as a stone and wood carver on Birmingham Grammar School (now demolished), his first collaboration with Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. Barry later appointed him the Supervising Carver on the Palace of Westminster in London, on which he is responsible for all the figures of English kings and queens. His work 'Charity' was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851, and then adapted to form a memorial in Christ Church, Chalford, to his brother Richard who died in 1852. His final work was the colossal statue of William Shakespeare displayed at the 1862 International Exhibition. A dispute over its placement hastened his death in April 1862, and he was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. His massive (30 ft. high and 40 ft . in diameter) majolica fountain, also on display at the 1862 exhibition, was placed outside the V&A Museum of Childhood until it was demolished in 1926. Other work includes: Eight allegorical statues at the 1847 Euston railway station representing the cities served by the line: London, Liverpool, Manchester, etc Statue of Godiva, held in Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery The Atlas Fountain at Castle Howard Four British lions at each corner of the Britannia Bridge crossing the Menai Strait between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales extensive friezes and spandrel figures for the Lloyds Bank, Bristol Carving and statues on Halifax Town Hall, created ca.1860-1862 in collaboration with Edward Middleton Barry to design of Charles Barry.
- John Evan Thomas (auch John Thomas) (* 1810 im walisischen Brecon oder 1813 im englischen Chalford, Gloucester; † 1862) war ein britischer Bildhauer und Architekt. Seine Werke finden sich u.a. an der Christ Church in Chalford („Charity“ über dem Südportal), Birmingham (Statue von Thomas Attwood, 1859), Maidstone, Kent, Balmoral Castle in Schottland (Reliefs) sowie in Islington, London (Statue von Hugh Myddleton, postum 1868 vollendet). Er war außerdem an der Verzierung des Buckingham Palace und des Palace of Westminster, dort in leitender Funktion als Supervising Carver, beteiligt. Die von ihm entworfene Figurengruppe The Death of Tewdrig aus dem Jahr 1848, wurde von seinem Bruder William Meredyth Thomas ausgeführt. Ein Exemplar der Bronzeplastik befindet sich im Brecknock Museum in Brecon, Wales. Sie stellt den Heldentod des walisischen Nationalheiligen Tewdrig Mawr, König von Gwent and Morgannwg, im Moment des Sieges über die Sachsen in der Schlacht von Mathern 630 n. Chr. dar. Als Architekt entwarf er unter anderem die Regents Park Chapel in London, Headington House in Oxford und Somerleyton Hall, Suffolk. Ein heftiger Disput über seine Pläne für eine Kolossalstatue William Shakespeares zur Weltausstellung 1862 in London ruinierte angeblich seine Gesundheit derart, dass er 1862 verstarb. Sein Grab befindet sich auf dem Kensal Green Cemetery in London.
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- John Thomas (1813 – 1862) was a British sculptor who worked on Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster. John Thomas was born in Chalford, Gloucestershire. Apprenticed to a stonemason after being left an orphan, he later went to Birmingham where his elder brother William Thomas (architect) was an architect.
- John Evan Thomas (auch John Thomas) (* 1810 im walisischen Brecon oder 1813 im englischen Chalford, Gloucester; † 1862) war ein britischer Bildhauer und Architekt. Seine Werke finden sich u.a. an der Christ Church in Chalford („Charity“ über dem Südportal), Birmingham (Statue von Thomas Attwood, 1859), Maidstone, Kent, Balmoral Castle in Schottland (Reliefs) sowie in Islington, London (Statue von Hugh Myddleton, postum 1868 vollendet).
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