Thomas Thornycroft

Thomas Thornycroft (1815—1885) was a British engineer and sculptor.

Born in Cheshire in 1815, Thomas Thornycroft worked in the studio of portrait sculptor John Francis [ [http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/thornycroft/thomasov.html The Victorian Web.] ] He married Francis' daughter, Mary (1809—1895). [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp07641&rNo=0&role=art National Portrait Gallery.] ]

Mary was a sculptor in her own right, and both sculpting and engineering remained in the next generation of the Thornycroft family. Thomas and Mary's first son, Sir John Isaac Thornycroft (1843—1928) was to become a naval architect. Their second son, Sir (William) Hamo Thornycroft (1850—1925) became a more successful sculptor. [ [http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/thornycroft/index.html The Victorian Web.] ] The couple also had a daughter, Theresa, who would become the mother of poet Siegfried Sassoon.

Thomas Thornycroft's works include:

* statue of Queen Victoria on horseback
* statue of Queen Boadicea in a chariot with her two daughters, at Westminster Bridge in London
* statue of Charles I
* the "Commerce" group at the Albert Memorial

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External links

* [http://www.londonarchitecture.co.uk/Building/762/Boudica_Statue.php Photograph of Boudicea statue.]