Sir Thomas Brock

Thomas Brock was a prominent British sculptor born in Worcester in 1847. He attended the School of Design in Worchester then undertook an apprenticeship in modelling at the Worchester Royal Porcelain Works. In 1866 he became a pupil of the sculptor John Henry Foley. After the death of Joseph Edgar Boehm, Thomas Brock led the field in the design of official portrait sculpture.

Sources:

Carol Blackett-Ord, National Portrait Gallery website accessed April 2017 http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/personExtended/mp00564/sir-thomas-brock?tab=biography

Mapping the practice and profession of sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851 – 1951 website accessed April 2017 http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1208961220