Sir Thomas Brock RA (1847 – 1922) – IMS Photography https://ims.photography Ian Malpass-Scott Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:22:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Statue of Henry Irving https://ims.photography/2025/04/10/statue-of-henry-irving-2/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:17:33 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=276 A statue of Henry Irving stands near the entrance of the National Portrait Gallery in London. It was unveiled on 5 December 1910, having been funded by English actors and actresses and others related to British theatre in a campaign organised by the Irving Memorial Committee. It was installed on land donated by the City of Westminster. The Irving Society hosts a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue on 6 February each year, commemorating the actor’s birth. The bronze statue, on a Portland stone pedestal, is by the sculptor Thomas Brock and is listed at Grade II.

The street between the statue and the National Portrait Gallery, formerly Green Street, was renamed Irving Street in the actor’s honour in 1939, commemorating the centenary the previous year of Irving’s birth in 1838. In 1951 formal gardens were laid out around the statue, with railings bearing the monogram HI, for the Festival of Britain; these were unveiled by Laurence Olivier.

Object description
Type: Monument > Statue
Location: Charing Cross Road, London WC2
Material: Bronze, Portland stone
Artist: Sir Thomas Brock RA
Date: 1910
Listed: Grade II

Image details
Date: 10 April 2025
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 27mm
Aperture: ƒ/4
Shutter Speed: 1/1000s
ISO: 280
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Statue of Henry Irving https://ims.photography/2025/04/10/statue-of-henry-irving-3/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:17:00 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=361 A statue of Henry Irving stands near the entrance of the National Portrait Gallery in London. It was unveiled on 5 December 1910, having been funded by English actors and actresses and others related to British theatre in a campaign organised by the Irving Memorial Committee. It was installed on land donated by the City of Westminster. The Irving Society hosts a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue on 6 February each year, commemorating the actor’s birth. The bronze statue, on a Portland stone pedestal, is by the sculptor Thomas Brock and is listed at Grade II.

The street between the statue and the National Portrait Gallery, formerly Green Street, was renamed Irving Street in the actor’s honour in 1939, commemorating the centenary the previous year of Irving’s birth in 1838. In 1951 formal gardens were laid out around the statue, with railings bearing the monogram HI, for the Festival of Britain; these were unveiled by Laurence Olivier.

Object description
Type: Monument > Statue
Location: Charing Cross Road, London WC2
Material: Bronze, Portland stone
Artist: Sir Thomas Brock RA
Date: 1910
Listed: Grade II

Image details
Date: 10 April 2025
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 60mm
Aperture: ƒ/5
Shutter Speed: 1/500s
ISO: 500
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

]]> Statue of Henry Bartle Frere https://ims.photography/2025/04/10/statue-of-henry-bartle-frere/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:16:00 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=2017 The statue of Henry Bartle Frere is an outdoor 1888 sculpture of the British colonial administrator of the same name, installed at Whitehall Gardens in London, United Kingdom. The statue is by the sculptor Thomas Brock and is Grade II listed.

Object description
Type: Monument > Statue
Location: Victoria Embankment Gardens, London SW1
Material: Bronze, stone
Artist: Sir Thomas Brock KCB RA (1847 – 1922)
Date: 1888
Listed: Grade II

Image details
Date: 10 April 2025
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Nikkor AF-S DX 18-55mm ƒ3.5-5.6G ED
Focal Length: 30mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.2
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 280
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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