Leonard Stanford Merrifield

Leonard Stanford Merrifield
Born1880
Wyck Rissington, Gloucestershire
Died25 April 1943
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater
Known forSculpture

Leonard Stanford Merrifield (1880 – 25 April 1943) was a British sculptor, notable for the public monuments he created in Cornwall and in Northern Ireland.

Biography[edit]

Merrifield was born at Wyck Rissington in Gloucestershire and initially trained as a stone carver before studying at the Cheltenham School of Art.[1] He moved to London to study at the City and Guilds of London Art School and then at the Royal Academy Schools.[1] Throughout his career Merrifield was based in London and created statuettes and portraits busts plus a number of larger public monuments, statues and war memorials.[2]

From 1906 to 1940 Merrifield was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London.[3] In 1919 at the Royal Academy Exhibition of War Memorials, Merrifield showed a design of a statute of a soldier with bayonet fixed standing in front of a Celtic cross.[4] Merrifield was subsequently commissioned to create a version of this design for the war memorial at Burnham in Buckinghamshire.[4] He received a gold medal from the Paris Salon in 1939 and exhibited with both the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts and the Royal West of England Academy.[1] He was heavily involved with the Art Workers' Guild and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1926.[1] The National Museum Wales holds a marble bust of Robert Drane (1832-1914) and a bronze Pieta by Merrifield.[5]

Selected public works[edit]

Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates 		Date Type Material Dimensions Designation Wikidata Notes

More images 		Alderman David Jones The Marble Hall, Cardiff City Hall 1909 Bust Marble [6]

More images 		Robert Drane National Museum Cardiff 1910 Bust Marble 68.5cm [7]

More images 		William Williams Pantycelyn The Marble Hall, Cardiff City Hall 1916 Statue on pedestal Marble [8]
War memorial Town Park, High Street, Burnham, Buckinghamshire 1920 Celtic cross with statue Stone and bronze Grade II Q66478180 [4][9][10]

More images 		War memorial The Strand, Newlyn, Cornwall 1920 Celtic cross with relief panel Stone and bronze Grade II Q66478950 Monument designed by Sir Edward Prioleau Warren with relief panel by Merrifield.[11][12]
War memorial Redburn Square, Holywood, County Down 1922 Statue on pedestal Stone [13]

More images 		Hedd Wyn Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd 1923 Statue on stepped pedestal with tablet Bronze, stone and stone Grade II Q29505236 [14][15][16]

More images 		Staffordshire County war memorial Victoria Road, Stafford 1923 Statue group on cenotaph with panels Bronze and stone 12m high Grade II Q26585719 Designed by William Robert Colton, completed by Merrifield[17][18]
War memorial Town Square, Comber, County Down 1923 Statue on pedestal Bronze and granite [3][19]

More images 		Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry war memorial Outside of Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum, Bodmin, Cornwall Sculpture 1922, erected 1924 Statue on pedestal and steps Bronze and granite Grade II* Q2658734 [20][2]

More images 		Memorial to Charles Frohman The Causeway, Marlow, Buckinghamshire 1924 Statue with drinking fountain Stone Grade II Q26418122 Frohman died in the 1915 sinking of the RMS Lusitania.[21][22]

More images 		Richard Trevithick Camborne, Cornwall 1928 Statue on pedestal with panels Gilded bronze and granite Grade II Q26647292 [14][23]

More images 		War memorial Church Place, Lurgan, County Armagh 1928 Statue on hexagonal dome structure Bronze and stone [3][24]

More images 		War memorial Pontmorlais Circus, Merthyr Tydfil 1931 Three statues and surround Bronze and Portland stone Grade II Q29489908 [14][25][26]

More images 		Edward Carson Stormont Parliament Buildings, Belfast 1933 Statue on pedestal Bronze and stone [3][27]

More images 		Richard Trevithick Gower Street, London 1933 Relief plaque Bronze Q50078783 [14]
King David and Miriam York Minster, York Two statues in niches Stone [6]

Other works[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Leonard Stanford Merrifield FRBS". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Historic England. "Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry War Memorial (1298217)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Leonard Stanford Merrifield". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940. 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Alan Borg (1991). War memorials: From Antiquity to the Present. Leo Cooper. ISBN 085052363X.
  5. ^ "Collections OnLine: Merrifield, Leonard Stanford". National Museum Wales. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Leonard Stanford Merrifield". speel. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Art Collection Online: Robert Drane (1832-1914)". Amgueddfa Cymru. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  8. ^ Huws, Richard E. (1983). "Wales' Top Ten". 100 Welsh Heroes. Archived from the original on 9 September 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. ^ "War Memorials Register: Burnham". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. ^ Historic England. "Burnham War Memorial (1440042)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ^ "War Memorials Register: Newlyn". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  12. ^ Historic England. "Newlyn war memorial (1449444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  13. ^ "War Memorials Register: Holywood". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  14. ^ a b c d Jo Darke (1991). The Monument Guide to England and Wales. Macdonald Illustrated. ISBN 0-356-17609-6.
  15. ^ Cadw. "Statue of Hedd Wyn, Trawsfyndd (82543)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  16. ^ "War Memorials Register: Hedd Wyn – Private E H Evans". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  17. ^ "War Memorials Register: Staffordshire County Memorial Figure". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  18. ^ Historic England. "Staffordshire County war memorial with flanking walls and gates (1298201)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  19. ^ "War Memorials Register: Comber and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  20. ^ "War Memorials Register: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry – WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  21. ^ "War Memorials Register: C Frohman". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  22. ^ Historic England. "Statue in memory of Charles Frohman (1125093)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  23. ^ Historic England. "Trevithick memorial statue on pavement in front of library (1365624)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  24. ^ "War Memorials Register: Lurgan and District". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  25. ^ Cadw. "Merthyr Tydfill war memorial (11455)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  26. ^ "War Memorials Register: Merthyr Tydfil". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  27. ^ "Stormont Castle – points of interest". nidirect government services. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.

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