Albert Toft

Albert Toft

Albert Toft (1862 Handsworth, Birmingham - 1949 Worthing, Sussex) was a British sculptor.

Toft trained in Wedgwood's pottery and studied sculpture at the South Kensington Schools under Professor Edouard Lanteri. [ [http://www.web-mouse.co.uk/remembrance/extracts/britishwarmemorials/hf-bwm-toft.htm] Remembrance and British war memorials. sourced 1 September 2007]

Notable works

*Welsh National War Memorial, Cardiff
*Royal London Fusiliers Monument in Holborn, London
*South Africa (Boer War) Memorial in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham
*South Africa Memorial, Cardiff
*King Edward VII Memorial, Birmingham
*figures at the Hall of Memory, Birmingham.
*Queen Victoria memorial, Nottingham
*Oldham War Memorial, Oldham
*Queen Victoria memorial, Leamington
*Queen Victoria memorial, South Shields
*The Spirit of Contemplation, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
*Spring, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
*Fate Led, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
*Captain Albert Ball memorial, Nottingham
*Statue of Henry Richard, Tregaron

Gallery of Sculptures by Albert Toft

References

External links

* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/sculpt/toft.htm Bob Speel's site]
* [http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/toft/toftov.html The Victorian Web]
* [http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/hom Birmingham Hall of Memory]


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