Herbert Hampton


Henry Hampton was an English sculptor, creator of public memorials and artist who was active between 1888 and 1927.

Life

Henry Hampton was born at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, and died in Great Bardfield, Essex in 1929. After education at Bishop's Stortford College, he studied art at the Cardiff School of Art, the Lambeth, the Westminster, the Slade and then the Académies Julien and Colarossi in Paris. His legacy was a collection of public memorials across the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Works

The Queen Victoria Monument in Lancaster, displays a sculpture of the queen guarded by 4 monumental lions, beneath them are four allegories to freedom, wisdom, truth and justice complete with a generous collection of putti; and four bas-relief friezes of fifty-three eminent Victorians, two of whom were women.