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THORNYCROFT, WILLIAM HAMO (SIR) *#
- Born: 1850 Died: 1925
English sculptor, for whom see Oxford DNB. Thornycroft is represented in Ireland by his statue of William Conyngham, fourth Baron Plunkett, in Kildare Place, Dublin, and by his statue of Sir Daniel Dixonin the grounds of City Hall, Belfast.(1)
References
(1) See Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 103 (Fig. 145).
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Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE PLACE, STATUE OF 4TH BARON PLUNKET |
Date: | 1901 |
Nature: | Statue of William Conyngham, 4th Baron Plunket. Unveiled Apr? 1901. Base carved by C.W. Harrison & Sons, Great Brunswick St. |
Refs: |
Irish Times, 27 Apr 1901; Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 103, Fig. 145. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL, STATUE OF SIR DANIEL DIXON |
Date: | 1910 |
Nature: | Statue in grounds of hall. |
Refs: |
Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 103,127. |