William Silver Frith
William Silver Frith (1850–1924) was a British sculptor. Frith graduated from the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, and became assistant to Jules Dalou. There he became a guiding force to several of the figures in the New Sculpture school, including F. Allen, and George Frampton.
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William Silver Frith
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- 1850
- Died
- 1924
- Occupation
- sculptor
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- Lambeth School of Art · City and Guilds of London Art School
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William Silver Frith (1850–1924) was a British sculptor. Frith graduated from the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, and became assistant to Jules Dalou. There he became a guiding force to several of the figures in the New Sculpture school, including F. Allen, and George Frampton.
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In his own work he was primarily an architectural sculptor, often with architect Sir Aston Webb. His work includes: • Illustration — One of the pair of ornamental lamppost-sculptures at the portico front entrance of Two Temple Place, designed by Frith. • figures of Justice, Truth, Patience and Plenty, Victoria Law Courts, Birmingham (1885) • the Metropolitan Life Assurance Company building in Moorgate, London • fountain figures at Christ's Hospital, Horsham, West Sussex, England • Imperial College, South Kensington • supervising sculptor and the Canada group for The Doulton Fountain, Glasgow (1887–1888) • statues of British sculptors Grinling Gibbons and John Bacon for the Victoria and Albert Museum (1899–1909) • front entrance portico design and sculptures (as well as assorted other elements of the building decoration) for Two Temple Place, London, England • the Hugh de Boves and Hugh of Faringdon memorials, in the ruined chapter house of Reading Abbey (1911)
A decorative lamp post by William Silver Frith at 2 Temple Place, aka Astor House, now an art exhibition space on Victoria Embankment, beside the River Thames in the City of Westminster, London, England.
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