Maidstone Museum is a local authority-run museum located in Maidstone, Kent, England, featuring internationally important collections including fine art, natural history, and human history. The museum
Maidstone museum
Maidstone Museum and Art Gallery
Original entrance in 2009 (since replaced by a newly built entrance lobby)
John Thomas was a British sculptor and architect, who worked on Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Westminster.
Maidstone Museum
…glass, costumes and needlework, paintings, prints and drawings and sculpture. One exhibit beloved of the local people is the Lady Godiva statue by John Thomas (1813–1862). The ceramics holdings form the most significant collection in the region with around 700 English pieces as well as around 250 European…
John Thomas in 1847, aged 34
Rachel by John Thomas, 1856, Victoria and Albert Museum
One of four Lions sculpted by John Thomas that stand at each corner of the Britannia Bridge crossing the Menai Strait
Lady Godiva at Maidstone Museum