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Hamo Thornycroft & The Martyr General
Hamo Thornycroft & The Martyr General
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The events in the design and production of Hamo Thornycroft's statue of Major-General Charles George Gordon (1888) are described in this fully illustrated catalogue, drawing on the extensive Thornycroft archive held in the Institute. Text by Adam White, with a foreword by Dr Terry Friedman (Principal Keeper, Leeds City Art gallery and The Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture).
Contents:
I - The Martyr GeneralII - 'Illustrious Men': The London Commission
III - Young Hamo
IV - A 'Fine Soldierly Fellow': The Statue Progresses
V - Selecting the Site
VI - The 'Big Gordon'
VII - The Pedestal
VIII - Gordon-Worship: The Melbourne Commission
IX - The London Memorial Installed and Unveiled
X - A 'Great Success': The Critical Reception
XI - The Melbourne Memorial Unveiled
XII - The 'Wee Gordon'
XIII - The Critical Heritage
XIV - The Later History of the Two Memorials
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