Sir Thomas Brock was an English sculptor and medallist, notable for the creation of several large public sculptures and monuments in Britain and abroad in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
His most famous work is the Victoria Memorial in front of Buckingham Palace, London. Other commissions included the redesign of the effigy of Queen Victoria on British coinage, the massive bronze equestrian statue of Edward, the Black Prince, in City Square, Leeds and the completion of the statue of Prince Albert on the Albert Memorial.
Thomas Brock
Thomas Brock in his studio, 1889
Image: Statue of Richard Baxter, Kidderminster geograph.org.uk 1021441
Image: Sefton Park the Rathbone statue geograph.org.uk 1709148
Victoria Memorial, London
The Victoria Memorial is a monument to Queen Victoria, located at the end of The Mall in London by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock. Designed in 1901, it was unveiled on 16 May 1911, though it was not completed until 1924. It was the centrepiece of an ambitious urban planning scheme, which included the creation of the Queen’s Gardens to a design by Sir Aston Webb, and the refacing of Buckingham Palace by the same architect.
Victoria Memorial, London
The original sketch model created by Thomas Brock of the finalised design of the Victoria Memorial
The memorial's unveiling ceremony
The Victoria Memorial with Buckingham Palace in the background