Thomas Nicholls (sculptor)

Thomas Nicholls (c. 1825 – 24 March 1896) was an English sculptor.[1]

Thomas Nicholls
The Bear – one of Nicholls's sculptures for the Animal Wall
Bornc. 1825
Westminster, London
Died24 March 1896
Clapham, London
NationalityEnglish
Notable work

Life and works

Nicholls was born in Westminster, London around the year 1825.[1] In 1858, he began a long partnership with the architect William Burges,[2][3] beginning with Burges's commission for the embellishment of Gayhurst House in Buckinghamshire for Lord Carrington.[4] Nicholls went on to assist Burges in his first major commission, Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork[5] subsequently following him to Cardiff, working on both Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch, the fantasy palaces Burges constructed for John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute.[6][7]

Nicholls had two sons who followed him as sculptors, Thomas O. Nicholls (born c.1863) and Edward W. Nicholls (born c.1867).[1] Nicholls died at Clapham in 1896.[1]

Notes
  1. "Thomas Nicholls – Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951". Sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. "Thomas Nicholls". VictorianWeb.org. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  3. "Art Collections Online". National Museum Wales.
  4. Crook 2013, pp. 112–113.
  5. Crook 2013, p. 167.
  6. Crook 2013, p. 254.
  7. Crook 2013, p. 266.

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