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J. Henning Thompson
1934
Medium
bronze
Measurements
51.4 × 18.2 × 22.8 cm (overall)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the subscribers, 1936
Gallery location
Not on display
About this work
Paul Montford arrived in Melbourne in 1923 at the age of fifty-five, having already established a considerable reputation as a sculptor in Britain. During the late 1880s he had been an outstanding student at the Royal Academy of Art in London, winning several scholarships and, in 1891, the Academy’s gold medal.
Although he died in Melbourne only fifteen years after his arrival, during this period Montford received numerous public commissions and produced almost seventy works. Among the most notable are his exterior sculptural groups for Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance and the memorial to Adam Lindsay Gordon in Spring Street, Melbourne.
Artwork Details
Inscription
cast in base of neck l.r.: Paul R Montford Sc. 1934
Accession Number
3612-D3
Department
Australian Sculpture