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Joseph Hermon Cawthra

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Nationality
  
English

Known for
  
Sculpture


Name
  
Joseph Cawthra

Died
  
1971

Joseph Hermon Cawthra

Born
  
1886
Baildon, Yorkshire, England

Notable work
  
War memorials, sculptures

Education
  
Titus Salt School, Leeds College of Art, Royal College of Art, Royal Academy of Arts

Joseph Hermon Cawthra (1886–1971), born in Baildon in Yorkshire, was an English sculptor.

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Personal life

Joseph Hermon Cawthra was born in Baildon in Yorkshire, the son of Silas and Ellen Cawthra. He studied at Salts Art School in Shipley, the Leeds School of Art, the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools.

He was elected to the Royal British Society of Sculptors (RBS). The Royal Academy exhibited models of the Bury war memorial reliefs.

Works

His works included war memorials, bas reliefs and sculptures, such as that featuring the Earl of Meath on the Earl of Meath Memorial at Lancaster Gate, Hyde Park.

References

Joseph Hermon Cawthra Wikipedia