Alfred Drury
(Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury, RA, (11 November 1856 – 24 December 1944)[1][2][3] was an English architectural sculptor and figure in the New Sculpture movement.[4]
Life and work
Born in Islington, London, Drury studied under Edouard Lanteri and Jules Dalou, with whom he worked between 1881 and 1885, and then became assistant to Joseph Boehm.
Drury is best represented at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where he contributed the figure of Prince Albert immediately above the main entrance, nine lunettes with Drury's characteristic allegorical girls each bearing a portion of the museum's motto, allegorical figures of Inspiration and Knowledge, and Queen Victoria above it all, carrying a staff and flanked by a knight and angel. (The spandrel figures of Truth and Beauty are by George Frampton.)
His major work includes:
- four allegorical pairs on the Old War Office, Whitehall, 1905, representing Sorrow and Joy, Horror and Dignity of War, Truth and Justice, and Victory and Fame.[4]
- four colossal bronzes on the downstream side of the Vauxhall Bridge representing Education, Fine Art, Science, and Local Government
- a figure of Joshua Reynolds for the forecourt of Burlington House, home of the Royal Academy
- Gatepost figures representing "West Africa", "Canada" and "South Africa as part of [Thomas Brock]]'s Victoria Memorial, London[4]
- a pair of figures and other sculptural work for the London Troops war memorial at the Royal Exchange, London designed by Sir Aston Webb[5][4]
He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1900 and a full Academician in 1913.[4] He was also member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers.[6]
Gallery of sculptural work
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London Troops memorial, Royal Exchange
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London Troops memorial, Artillery figure
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London Troops memorial, Infantry figure
Notes
- ^ Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland - 1851-1951
- ^ Chamot, p. 157.
- ^ Mark Stocker, ‘Drury, (Edward) Alfred Briscoe (1856–1944)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004
- ^ a b c d e Quinlan.
- ^ UKNIWM Ref 11796
- ^ "The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. Glasgow University. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
References
- Mary Chamot, The modern British paintings, drawings, and sculpture, London, Oldbourne Press, 1965. OCLC 512918
- Mark Quinlan, Sculptors and Architects of Remembrance, Sandy, Authors Online, 2007, ISBN 978-0755203-98-7.
External sources
- online biography
- Alfred Drury Some details and photographs of Drury's work on The National Archives website.
- UK National Inventory of War Memorials
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