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Sir Thomas Brock

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BROCK, SIR THOMAS (1847-1922), English sculptor, was the chief pupil of Foley, and later became influenced by the new romantic movement. His group "The Moment of Peril" was followed by "The Genius of Poetry," "Eve," and other ideal works that mark his development. His busts, such as those of Lord Leighton and Queen Victoria; his statues, such as "Sir Rich ard Owen" and "Dr. Philpott, bishop of Worcester"; his sepul chral monuments, such as that to Lord Leighton in St. Paul's cathedral, a work of singular significance, refinement, and beauty; and his memorial statues of Queen Victoria, at Hove and else where, are examples of his power as a portraitist, sympathetic in feeling, sound and restrained in execution, and dignified and deco rative in arrangement. The colossal equestrian statue of "Edward the Black Prince" was set up in the City Square in Leeds in 1901, the year in which the sculptor was awarded the commission to execute the vast Imperial Memorial to Queen Victoria in front of Buckingham Palace. Brock was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1883 and full member in 1891. Among his later works were: busts of King Edward VII. (191I ),Lord Lister (1913, for the Royal College of Surgeons, London) and Edwin Abbey, R.A. (um, for the British School in Rome) ; statues of Captain Cook 094, in the Mall, London) and of Lord Sydenham 0915, in Bombay). In 1911 he was created K.C.B. He died in London Aug. 22, 1922.

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