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 centu
Sir Thomas Brock
Thomas Brock in his studio, 1889
1897 shilling, obverse portrait of Queen Victoria by Thomas Brock.
Statue of Richard Baxter, Kidderminster geograph.org.uk 1021441
An Athlete Wrestling with a Python was the first of three bronze sculptures produced by the British artist Frederic Leighton. Completed in 1877, the sculpture was a departure for Leighton, and heralde
Thomas Brock
…prominence and secured his position as an establishment sculptor. He also assisted in the casting of Lord Leighton's greatly influential 1877 sculpture An Athlete Wrestling with a Python. Brock was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1883 and became a full member in 1891. He was a founding member, and the first president, of…
Leighton, Daphnephoria, 1876, Lady Lever Art Gallery
Leighton, Hercules Wrestling with Death for the Body of Alcestis, 1871, Wadsworth Atheneum
Laocoön and His Sons, Vatican