FAMOUS SCULPTOR DEAD
SIR GEORGE FRAMPTON (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian P.A.—United Service) Reed. 10 a.m. LONDON, Monday. Sir George James Frampton, the famous sculptor, is dead. Sir George Janies Frampton, R.A., LL.D., F.S.A., was 68 years of age. He studied under W. S. Frith, and entered the Royal Academy schools in 1881, winning the Gold Medal and Travelling Studentship s i x years later. He won many high distinctions in foreign lands. He executed many memorials and statues. including one of Queen Victoria for several Empire cities; the sculpture on the Glasgow Art Galleries; the spandrels at the entrance of the Victoria and Albert Museum; Peter Pan, in Kensington Gardens; figures on the spire of St. Mary s, Oxford; saints on the shrine of William of Wykeham. Winchester Cathedral; lions at tne entrance of the new extension to the British Museum: statues of Queen Mary for India; portrait-busts of King George and Queen Mary for the Guildhall; the Edith Cavell Memorial, London.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 360, 22 May 1928, Page 1
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