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BROCK, THOMAS (1847— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 623 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BROCK, See also:THOMAS (1847— ) , See also:English sculptor, was the See also:chief See also:pupil of See also:Foley, and later became influenced by the new romantic See also:movement. His See also:group " The Moment of Peril " was followed by " The See also:Genius of See also:Poetry," " See also:Eve," and other ideal See also:works that See also:mark his development. His busts, such as those of See also:Lord See also:Leighton and See also:Queen See also:Victoria; his statues, such as " See also:Sir See also:Richard See also:Owen " and "Dr Philpott, See also:bishop of See also:Worcester "; his sepulchral monuments, such as that to Lord Leighton in St See also:Paul's See also:cathedral, a See also:work of singular significance, refinement and beauty; and his memorial statues of Queen Victoria, at See also:Hove and elsewhere, are examples of his See also:power as a portraitist, sympathetic in feeling, See also:sound and restrained in See also:execution, and dignified and decorative in arrangement. The See also:colossal equestrian statue of " See also:Edward the See also:Black See also:Prince " was set up in the See also:City Square in See also:Leeds in 1901, the See also:year in which the sculptor was awarded the See also:commission to execute the vast Imperial Memorial to Queen Victoria in front of See also:Buckingham See also:Palace. Brock was elected an See also:associate of the Royal See also:Academy in 1883 and full member in 1891.

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