List of monumental masons

Richard Hakluyt's memorial
An example of a signed and dated maker's mark on a wall-mounted memorial to Mary Carpenter in Bristol Cathedral sculpted by monumental mason J. Havard Thomas of London

This is a list of monumental masons, also known as memorial masons:

A

  • Thomas Adye (mason), English, active in early-to-mid-18th-century England
  • J. Annis, English, active in early-to-mid-18th-century England
    • Memorial to John Styleman (d.1734) monument, “a large hanging one with cartouches of arms pinned to a pyramid, was erected after 1750” in St. Mary’s Church, Bexley, Kent.[5]

B

C

  • Charles Calverley, famed sculptor and monumental mason active in 19th-century New York
  • R. Chambers, English monumental mason active in mid-to-late-18th-century Kent.
    • Memorial to Richard Savage (d.1772), tablet with branches at the sides by Chambers who signed it in English and Hebrew, located in St. Peter’s Church, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent.[20]
  • Tom Church, Scottish, (Brechin, Scotland), presently active, designer of the Wallace Monument
  • Sir Francis Chantrey, English sculptor and monumental mason active in early-to-mid-19th-century England.
    • Memorial to Catherine Vansittart (d.1810), a “large hanging monument, this time with a profile medallion on a draped altar,” attributed to Chantrey by style. It was removed from the old “humble medieval village church” upon its replacement with the new St. George, Beckenham, Kent (1885-7) in the south transpet, built by architect W. Gibbs Bartleet of Beckenham.[21]
    • Monument to Samuel Knight (d.1829) in All Saints Church (Milton, Cambridgeshire).[22][23]
  • Sir Henry Cheere (1703 – 15 January 1781) was a renowned 18th-century English sculptor and monumental mason. He was “the first English-born sculptor to match the virtuosity of the continentals” and “formed his style on the small, crisp, cirvaceous shapes of the French sculptor [Roubiliac], though his monuments never approached Roubiliac’s in ease and inventiveness. Much of his work is unsigned, as is his commonly considered c.1760 masterpiece at Shadoxhurst, Kent.[24]
  • F. W. Commons was a monumental mason, trained in Europe (there is some speculation this was from 1858-60), who was commissioned to carve four allegorical figures , each 12 ft high, for £2,100 to crown the front of Parliament House, Melbourne, though it never eventuated due to the depression. He set up as a monumental mason at Ballarat in 1880. He was then advertising from Creswick Road, 'blue stone, granite and marble masonry, engraving, carving and sculpture’ as well as 'City and Garden sculpture’. Much of his work can be seen in the historic buildings and gardens of Ballarat. A catalog of his work can be seen in F.W. Commons monuments, Libraries Australia ID 8859827.
The American Volunteer, 1876. (Note man standing on base.)

D

E

F

G

  • E. Gaffin of London, English monumental mason of Regent Street, London active in the early 19th century
  • T. & E. Gaffin of London (see above), English monumental masons of Regent Street, London active in the mid-19th century
    • Memorial to Jemima Wilson (d.1865). “Still in the pre-Chatnrey tradition, with its female wreathing an urn with flowers. Signed by Gaffin, and poorly carved.” It was removed from the old “humble medieval village church” upon its replacement with the new St. George’s Church, Beckenham, Kent (1885-7), built by architect W. Gibbs Bartleet of Beckenham.[21]
  • Geddes, Shakespeare & Co., 208 Girod Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Eric Gill (1882–1940), English monumental mason
  • Francis Grigs, English monumental mason active in the mid-17th-century England
    • “Black and white marble tablet to Herbert Randolph, with Corinthian side pilasters, ostentatiously signed by Francis Grigs, Fecit Anno 1645.” Located in All Saints Church, Biddenden, Kent.[38]
  • Robert Grumbold (d.1720), English, a mason with his own memorial in St. Boltoph's Church (Cambridge).[39]

H

J

  • Tim Johnson of Carving and Restoration Team in Manassas, Virginia, American stone carver presently responsible for the CIA Memorial Wall.[43]
  • N Johnson, English monumental mason active in the early 17th-century Cambridgeshire, the monument of Sir Giles Allington (d.1613) and Lady Allington in All Saints Church (Horseheath, Cambrdigeshire) is attributed to him.[44]

K

  • Michael Kenney (fl. 1794-5) of Ballylough, "exemplifying the later eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Irish Churchyard Sculpture tradition in County Wexford."[12]
  • D. Kindersley, English, active mid-20th century
    • Monument (completed 1947) to Mrs. Mary Robinson (d.1939) in St. Mary's Church (Dullingham, Cambridgeshire).[45]

L

M

N

  • T. Nichols, active in early 18th-century Cambridgeshire
  • Nixon (of London), English monumental masons active in mid-19th-century London.
  • Noble, English monumental masons active in mid-19th-century Cambridgeshire.
    • Monument to Christopher Pemberton (d.1870) in St. Margaret's Church (Newton, Cambridgeshire).[13]
  • J. Nolan (fl. 1824-35) of Ferns, "exemplifying the later eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Irish Churchyard Sculpture tradition in County Wexford."[12]
  • John Nost (mason), English monumental mason active in late-17th-century and early-18th-century England.
    • Memorial to Sir John Banks (d.1699) in St. Peter’s Church, Aylesford, Kent, “a stupendous pile of marble, rising to the roof. Sir John, in a wig, cravat, and semi-Roman dress, stands in an elegant pose by an urn on a tall pedestal. On the other side his wife, robed as a Roman matron, leans pensively on the pedestal. Below, their son, Caleb, reclines on his elbow, in Roman armour and wig. Backcloth held by flying putti, side pilasters, wide arching cornice and, at the very top, a garlanded cartouche of arms. Flowery Latin inscription. Everything indeed that could set a suitable seal on the career of a scucessful [sic] nouveau riche.” attributed to the sculptor John Nost on grounds of style.[54]

O

P

  • Payne of St. Ives, English monumental mason from St. Ives practicing throughout England.
    • Urn memorial tablet of Robert Underwood d.1792 in St. Peter's Church (Boxworth, Cambridgeshire).[55]
  • Andrew Lang Petrie (1854–1928), Australian.
  • Philip, English, active in 19th-century Cambridgeshire, England.
  • Physick, English monumental masons active in mid-19th-century Cambridgeshire.
    • Monument to Christopher Pemberton (d.1850) in St. Margaret's Church (Newton, Cambridgeshire).[13]
  • Elias Claeszoon Pickenoy (1565, Antwerp - 1640, Amsterdam), Dutch, father of Nicolaes Eliaszoon Pickenoy
  • Pitbladdo, a four-generation family of Scottish masons, started by William Pitbladdo who established their monumental workshop in 1842 outside the gates of Green-wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. Thomas Pitbladdo succeeded his father in the 1860s and '70s, his son Grant Pitbladdo opened the shop outside Green-wood's eastern gate. Willard and Kenneth Pitbladdo were the fourth generation; all are buried in Green-wood.[56]
  • Presbrey Leland Incorporated, New York City
  • Richard Potter, (c.1800), "Builder and Monumental Mason".[58]
  • J. N. B. de Pouilly, blacksmith of New Orleans, Louisiana
    • The Sociedad Ibera de Beneficence Muerta tomb in St. Louis II Square, New Orleans.[59]
    • Grailhe Gates in St. Louis II Square, New Orleans.[60]
  • Ambrose Poynter, English monumental masons active in early 20th-century England.
    • Mausoleum (1922) in St. Margaret's Church (Newton, Cambridgeshire).[13]
  • Pritchard, Builder (of London), English monumental mason firm active in early-to-mid-19th-century London, England.

R

Wall-mounted memorial by Reeves of Bath of Thomas Preston Esq. (d.1820) and wife Jane (d.1823), their daughters, and many subsequent entries. The tablet was created c.1820 but entries were inscribed until 1848. It features the willow tree motif, and is in the City of London Church of St Magnus-the-Martyr, near London Bridge.

S

Scheemakers's Shakespeare memorial in Westminster Abbey
View of Albert Park looking north to the monument to Prince Albert in the distance.

T

V

Harold Vogel, American stone carver who created the first 31 stars.[76] of the CIA Memorial Wall and its inscription when the Wall was created in July 1974.[43]

W

1862 advertisement for Woodcock & Meacham, Architects
  • Henry Weekes (14 January 1807–1877) was an English sculptor and monumental mason, best known for his portraiture. He was among the most successful British sculptors of the mid-Victorian period.
    • Memorial to William, Lord Auckland (d.1814), “Grecian tablet with a profiule medallion in very low relief. Carved in 1849 by Henry Weekes” It was removed from the old “humble medieval village church” upon its replacement with the new St. George’s Church, Beckenham, Kent (1885-7) in the south transept, built by architect W. Gibbs Bartleet of Beckenham.[21]
  • White, English, active in or around 19th-century Bath, Somerset)
  • Mr. G. P. White of London, English, active in mid-19th-century England)
    • The Chesapeake Memorial, Portsmouth, 1863.[77]
  • Paton Wilson, English,
  • Wilton, English monumental mason, active in late-18th-century Cambridgeshire, who designed the monument to Elizabeth Bacon and her brother Peter Standly in St. Mary's Church (Linton, Cambridgeshire)
  • Winslow Brothers Company of Chicago, Illinois, foundry active in the 1890s.[79]
  • Richard Westmacott the Elder (1747-1808), sculptor and monumental mason active in late-18th-century England.
    • Memorial to Mrs. Elizabeth Jeaffreson (d.1778) in St. Mary's Church (Dullingham, Cambridgeshire).[45]
    • Standing wall monument to Christopher Jeaffreson (d.1789) in St. Mary's Church (Dullingham, Cambridgeshire).[45]
  • Sir Richard Westmacott the Younger (17751856) RA, renowned sculptor and monumental mason.[23]
    • Memorials to William Pitt the Younger and Charles James Fox in Westminster Abbey
    • Memorial to Sir George Warren (d.1801) in St. Mary's Church, Stockport, Greater Manchester, depicting a standing female figure by an urn on a pillar.[8]
    • Memorial to Mary, Countess of Darnley (d.1803), a “sarcaphogus with scrolls at the ends and putto heads, with half-spread wings” in the churchyard north of the chancel of St. Lawrence, Bidborough, Kent.[80]
    • Memorial to John Turton (d.1806) was the doctor of King George III of Great Britain. His heavily Grecian memorial tablet in St. Martin’s Church, Brasted, Kent, features Doric columns beside the inscription and a sarcophagus. On the latter books and serpent-entwined staff. It was designed and carved by the renowned Sir Richard Westmacott.[72]
    • Memorial to Mary Turton (d.1810), a “relief of a classically robed man leaning pensively on an altar ‘To Gratitude.’”.[72]
    • Memorial to Lt. General Christopher Jeaffreson (d.1824) (by Sir Richard Westmacott) in St. Mary's Church (Dullingham, Cambridgeshire).[45]
    • Memorial to Rev. Charles Prescott (d.1820), showing a seated effigy.[8] in St. Mary's Church, Stockport, Greater Manchester.[8]
    • Memorial to Commander Charles Cotton (d.1828) at St. Mary Magdalene's Church (Madingley, Cambridgeshire).[81]
    • Memorial to William Pemberton (d.1828) at St. Margaret's Church (Newtown, Cambridgeshire).[13]
  • Richard Westmacott III RA (17991872)
  • Joseph Wilton, English monumental mason active in late-18th-century England,
    • Memorial to Stephen Hooker (d.1755), memorial executed after 1788 and features a “tall, slender ahnging monument of white marble, detailed with exceeding refinement.”[82]
  • Robert Wood & Co. Makers Phila of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Wood and Miltenberger of Philadelphia, characterized by vermiculated rustication on corners and sides and additional classical ornament on cast-iron mausoleum
  • Woodcock and Meacham, architects and monumental masons in Massachusetts formed by Woodcock and George F. Meacham (1831–1917).[85]
  • W. Wright, English, active in mid-17th-century Cambridgeshire.
    • Monument to Dorothe and Lionel Allington (d.1638).[86]

Y

  • Yang Bin (mason) (born c.1963), Chinese, monumental mason in Zhenwu Shan cemetery.[87]

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