Sculptor, of London, for whom see Oxford DNB and AJ 56, 30 Aug 1922, 276. Thomas Brock, a pupil of JOHN HENRY FOLEY JOHN HENRY FOLEY , designed and executed at least six monumental statues for Ireland, four of them in Belfast. He was also responsible for completing Foley's O'Connell Monument in Dublin after it had been unveiled.
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References
Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 219.
6 work entries listed in chronological order for BROCK, THOMAS, (SIR) *#
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL SQUARE, CITY HALL, QUEEN VICTORIA MONUMENT |
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1903 |
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Statue of Queen Victoria and supporting figures. |
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Brett, 66; Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993),114,124(illus.); Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 127, Fig. 176.
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CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, UNIVERSITY ROAD, QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY |
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1923 |
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World War I memorial, designed by TB and executed by F. Arnold Wright. Unveiled by Duke of York 21 Jul 1924. |
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David Evans & Paul Larmour, Queen’s: an architectural legacy (Institute of Irish Studies, 1995), 39,40(illus.)
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