Ford's statue The Snowdrift

Edward Onslow Ford (July 27, 1852 - December 23, 1901), English sculptor, was born in London. He received some education as a painter in Antwerp and as a sculptor in Munich under Professor Wagmuller, but was mainly self-taught. Download high resolution version (1200x484, 74 KB)Large picture of the statue The Snowdrift by Edward Onslow Ford. ... Download high resolution version (1200x484, 74 KB)Large picture of the statue The Snowdrift by Edward Onslow Ford. ... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Ancient Greeks depiction of ideal form of the body is expressed through sculpture such as this one. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp)in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old part of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and is home to a number of triptychs by the Belgian painter, Rubens. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...

His first contribution to the Royal Academy, in 1875, was a bust of his wife, and in portraiture he may be said to have achieved his greatest success. His busts are always extremely refined and show his sitters at their best. Those (in bronze) of his fellow-artists Arthur Hacker (1894), Briton Rivière and Sir WQ Orchardson (1895), Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1896), Sir Hubert von Herkomer and Sir John Everett Millais (1897), and of AJ Balfour are all striking likenesses, and are equalled by that in marble of Sir Frederick Bramwell (for the Royal Institution) and by many more. This article refers to an art institution in London. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh A portrait is a painting, photograph, or other artistic representation of a person. ... Bronze figurine, found at Öland Bronze is the traditional name for a broad range of alloys of copper. ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Briton Rivière (August 14, 1840 – 1920), English artist, was born in London. ... Sir William Quiller Orchardson (1835 - April 13, 1910) was a British painter. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Artist stubs | 1836 births | 1912 deaths | British painters | Dutch painters ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849 - 1914), British painter, was born at Waal, in Bavaria, and eight years later was brought to England by his father, a wood-carver of great ability. ... John Everett Millais (June 8, 1829–August 13, 1896) was a British painter and illustrator who was one of founders of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (25 July 1848 - March 19, 1930) was a British statesman and the thirty-third Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... The Royal Institution of Great Britain was set up in 1799 by the leading lights of the age, including Henry Cavendish and its first president George Finch, the 9th Earl of Winchilsea, for diffusing the knowledge, and facilitating the general introduction, of useful mechanical inventions and improvements; and for teaching...

He gained the open competition for the statue of Sir Rowland Hill, erected in 1882 outside the Royal Exchange, and followed it in 1883 with Henry Irving as Hamlet, now in the Guildhall Art Gallery. This seated statue, good as it is, was soon surpassed by those of Dr Dale (1898, in the city museum, Birmingham) and Professor Huxley (1900), but the colossal memorial statue of Queen Victoria (1901), for Manchester, was less successful. This article is about the postal service pioneer. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The term Royal Exchange can refer to: The Royal Exchange in London The Royal Exchange in Manchester The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Henry Irving, as Hamlet, in a 1893 illustration from The Idler magazine John Henry Brodribb Irving (February 6, 1838–October 13, 1905), better known as Sir Henry Irving, was one of the most famous stage actors of all time. ... The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark is a tragedy by William Shakespeare and one of his most well-known and oft-quoted plays. ... The Guildhall Art Gallery houses the art collection of the City of London. ... Robert William Dale (December 1, 1829 - March 13, 1895), was an English Nonconformist church leader. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Thomas Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley F.R.S. (May 4, 1825 – June 29, 1895) was a British biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his defence of Charles Darwins theory of evolution. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Her Majesty Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom from 20 June 1837, and Empress of India from 1876 until her death. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Location within the British Isles. ...

The standing statue of William Ewart Gladstone (1894, for the City Liberal Club, London) is to be regarded as one of Ford's better portrait works. The colossal General Charles Gordon, camel-mounted, for Chatham, Lord Strathnairn, an equestrian group for Knightsbridge, and the Maharajah of Mysore (1900) comprise his larger works of the kind. A beautiful nude recumbent statue of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1892) upon a cleverly-designed base, which is not quite impeccable from the point of view of artistic taste, is at University College, Oxford, and a simplified version was presented by him to be set upon the shore of Viareggio, where the poet's body was washed up. Ford's ideal work has great charm and daintiness; his statue Folly (1886) was bought by the trustees of the Chantrey Fund, and was followed by other statues or statuettes of a similar order: Peace (1890), which secured his election as an associate of the Royal Academy, Echo (1895), on which he was elected full member, The Egyptian Singer (a. k. a. The Singer) (1889), Applause (1893), Glory to the Dead (1901) and Snowdrift (exhibited posthumously, 1902). William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809–19 May 1898) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Several notable persons are named Charles Gordon: General Charles George Gordon, governor of Sudan Charles Gordon (producer), producer Charles Gordon (humorist), columnist for the Ottawa Citizen This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Species Camelus bactrianus Camelus dromedarius A camel is either of the two species of large even-toed ungulate in the genus Camelus, the Dromedary (Single hump) and the Bactrian Camel (Double hump). ... Chatham is the name of an English town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway in the county of Kent. ... Knightsbridge is a place in the City of Westminster, London notable for its expensive shops including Harrods. ... The Kingdom of Mysore was a kingdom of southern India, which was founded about 1400 by the Wodeyar dynasty, who ruled the state until Indian independence in 1947, when the kingdom became Mysore state of India, later renamed Karnataka. ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. ... Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of the major English Romantic poets. ... 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... University College (in full, the College of the Great Hall of the University, commonly known as University College in the University of Oxford, usually known by its derivative, Univ), is the oldest of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and is amongst the largest... Viareggio is a town in the province of Lucca situated on the coast of the Ligurian Sea in the north of Tuscany, Italy. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 _ Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article refers to an art institution in London. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1893 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Ford's influence on the younger generation of sculptors was considerable, and of good effect. His charming disposition rendered him extremely popular, and when he died a monument was erected to his memory (C Lucchesi sculptor, J W Simpson, architect) in St John's Wood, near to where he dwelt. St Johns Wood is a district in the City of Westminster in London near Regents Park. ...

Reference

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External links

• The Victorian Web (http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/ford/fordov.html)
• Bob Speel's Site (http://www.speel.demon.co.uk/artists2/eoford.htm)
• Art Renewal Center (http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=2709&order=u)
• The Snowdrift - National Museums, Liverpool (http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/snowdrift.asp)
• Peace - Cecil Higgins Art Gallery (http://www.cecilhigginsartgallery.org/sculpture/sford.htm) (NB the image on this page has been resized using HTML and is therefore bigger than it looks)
• Tate Gallery Online (http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=191&page=1)