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Leonard Stanford Merrifield
Leonard Stanford Merrifield (1880 – 25 April 1943) was a British sculptor, notable for the public monuments he created in Cornwall and in Northern Ireland.
Leonard Stanford Merrifield | |
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| Born | 1880 |
| Died | 25 April 1943 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
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| Known for | Sculpture |
Biography
Merrifield was born at Wyck Rissington in Gloucestershire and initially trained as a stone carver before studying at the Cheltenham School of Art.[1] He moved to London to study at the City and Guilds of London Art School and then at the Royal Academy Schools.[1] Throughout his career Merrifield was based in London and created statuettes and portraits busts plus a number of larger public monuments, statues and war memorials.[2]
From 1906 to 1940 Merrifield was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London.[3] In 1919 at the Royal Academy Exhibition of War Memorials, Merrifield showed a design of a statute of a soldier with bayonrt fixed standing in front of a Celtic cross.[4] Merrifield was subsequently commissioned to create a version of this design for the war memorial at Burnham in Buckinghamshire.[4] He received a gold medal from the Paris Salon in 1939 and exhibited with both the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal West of England Academy.[1] He was heavily involved with the Art Workers' Guild and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1926.[1] The National Museum Wales holds a marble bust of Robert Drane (1832-1914) and a bronze Pieta by Merrifield.[5]
Selected public works
| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Williams Pantycelyn | The Marble Hall, Cardiff City Hall | 1916 | Statue on pedestal | Marble | [6] | ||||
| War memorial | Town Park, High Street, Burnham, Buckinghamshire | 1920 | Celtic cross with statue | Stone and bronze | Grade II | Q66478180 | [4][7][8] | ||
| More images | War memorial | The Strand, Newlyn, Cornwall | 1920 | Celtic cross with relief panel | Stone and bronze | Grade II | Q66478950 | Monument designed by Sir Edward Prioleau Warren with relief panel by Merrifield.[9][10] | |
| War memorial | Redburn Square, Holywood, County Down | 1922 | Statue on pedestal | Stone | [11] | ||||
| More images | Hedd Wyn | Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd | 1923 | Statue on stepped pedestal with tablet | Bronze, stone and stone | Grade II | Q29505236 | [12][13][14] | |
| More images | Staffordshire County war memorial | Victoria Road, Stafford | 1923 | Statue group on cenotaph with panels | Bronze and stone | 12m high | Grade II | Q26585719 | Designed by William Robert Colton, completed by Merrifield[15][16] |
| War memorial | Town Square, Comber, County Down | 1923 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and granite | [3][17] | ||||
| More images | Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry war memorial | Outside of Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin, Cornwall | Sculpture 1922, erected 1924 | Statue on pedestal and steps | Bronze and granite | Grade II* | Q2658734 | [18][2] | |
| More images | Memorial to Charles Frohman | The Causeway, Marlow, Buckinghamshire | 1924 | Statue with drinking fountain | Stone | Grade II | Q26418122 | Frohman died in the 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[19][20] | |
| More images | Richard Trevithick | Camborne, Cornwall | 1928 | Statue on pedestal with panels | Gilded bronze and granite | Grade II | Q26647292 | [12][21] | |
| More images | War memorial | Church Place, Lurgan, County Armagh | 1928 | Statue on hexagonal dome structure | Bronze and stone | [3][22] | |||
| More images | War memorial | Pontmorlais Circus, Merthyr Tydfil | 1931 | Three statues and surround | Bronze and Portland stone | Grade II | Q29489908 | [12][23][24] | |
| More images | Edward Carson | Stormont Parliament Buildings, Belfast | 1933 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | [3][25] | |||
| More images | Richard Trevithick | Gower Street, London | 1933 | Relief plaque | Bronze | Q50078783 | [12] |
Other works
- War memorial to Young Citizen Volunteers, the Royal Irish Rifles, Belfast City Hall
- Statue of Lord Craigavon, Stormont Parliament Buildings
- Statue of Asquith, Palace of Westminster, London, completed by Gilbert Bayes after Merrifield's death
References
- ^ a b c d University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Leonard Stanford Merrifield FRBS". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry War Memorial (1298217)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Leonard Stanford Merrifield". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940. 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ a b c Alan Borg (1991). War memorials: From Antiquity to the Present. Leo Cooper. ISBN 085052363X.
- ^ "Collections OnLine: Merrifield, Leonard Stanford". National Museum Wales. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Huws, Richard E. (1983). . 100 Welsh Heroes. Archived from the original on 9 September 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Burnham". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Burnham War Memorial (1440042)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Newlyn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Newlyn war memorial (1449444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Holywood". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0-356-17609-6.
- ^ Cadw. "Statue of Hedd Wyn, Trawsfyndd (82543)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Hedd Wyn – Private E H Evans". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Staffordshire County Memorial Figure". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Staffordshire County war memorial with flanking walls and gates (1298201)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Comber and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry – WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: C Frohman". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Statue in memory of Charles Frohman (1125093)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Trevithick memorial statue on pavement in front of library (1365624)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Lurgan and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ Cadw. "Merthyr Tydfill war memorial (11455)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Merthyr Tydfil". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- ^ "Stormont Castle – points of interest". nidirect government services. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leonard Stanford Merrifield.
- 26 artworks by or after Leonard Stanford Merrifield at the Art UK site