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250px, Statue of Dr John Alderson at Hull Royal Infirmary Thomas Earle (1810–1876) was a 19th-century British sculptor.


Life

He was born at Osborne Street in
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in June 1810 the eldest of 12 children of John Earle (1779-1863) a sculptor. He was baptised at Holy Trinity Church on 5 December 1810. His uncles owned the shipping company C & W Earle. He studied at the local Mechanics Institute. He was apprenticed under his grandfather, George Earle (1748-1827) but, showing much talent, was sent to London in 1830 to train under
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. He attended the
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from 1832. In 1839 he received a gold medal for his group "Hercules Delivering Hesione". He exhibited at the
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from 1843 to 1873 and at the British Institution from 1843 to 1865. He returned to Chantrey's studio shortly before Chantrey's death and completed several of his works including the statue of George IV commissioned for
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. He left Chantrey's studio in 1842 and had his own studio by 1851 at Vincent street, Ovington Square. He died suddenly in Hull on 2 May 1876 and is buried in Spring Bank Cemetery. He is commemorated in Holy Trinity Church by a monument of his own design. A bombing raid on Hull in 1943 destroyed a large quantity of his work held in Hull Central Museum.


Family

In 1841 he married Mary Appleyard, daughter of builder Frank Appleyard.


Artistic recognition

He was painted by
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around 1840, and the portrait is held by Hull Museum.


Works

*Statue of Dr John Alderson (1832) at Hull General Infirmary *The James Brothers (1837) exhibited at
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*Bust of Richard Thornton *
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on Horseback (1842)
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*John Todd (1843) exhibited at
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* Richard Bethell (1845) exhibited at
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*The Morning Ablution (1845) Manchester Institution * Miss Todd (1845) Tranby Park, Yorkshire *An Ancient Briton Protecting His Family (1844)
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*Sin Triumphant (1845)
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(1846) in Minerva Hall, Hull *
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(1848) exhibited
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* Sir Samuel Warren (1850) exhibited at British Institution *Ophelia (1851) at Great Exhibition *Pastorella (1851) at Great Exhibition *Jacob and Rachel (1851) at Great Exhibition *L'Allegro (1852) National Exhibition *Happy as a Queen (1853) for the
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*Rt Hon. Thomas Sydney (1854) exhibited
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*Bust of
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(1863) in Pearson Park in Hull *
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(1866) Guildhall in Hull * Thomas Teale (1867) Leeds General Infirmary *
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(1868) in Pearson Park in Hull


Grave Monuments

*Sykes grave (1832)
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west of Hull *Elizabeth Flavell (1833) Barsham in
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*Monument to Ann Earle (1834),
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*Mary Burland (1835)
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Yorkshire *Joseph Pease (1840) St Mary's Church, Hull *Charles Bamford (1845) St Mary's Church,
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* Sir Charles Anderson of Broughton (1846)
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*Monument to mariner and alderman Thomas Ferres (1850),
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*Monument to John Gray (1858),
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*Charles Bamford Jr. (1860) St Mary's Church,
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*John Holmes (1860) St Mary's Church,
Sculcoates Sculcoates is a suburb of Kingston upon Hull, north of the city centre, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History Because of increased mobility of an increasing population, the parishes of Drypool, Garrison Side, Hessle Within, Mar ...
*Monument to Frank Appleyard, his wife's father, and her uncle John (1860),
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*Monument to Lt. Gen. Sir Robert Dundas K.C.B., St Leonard's, Loftus, North Yorkshire.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Earle, Thomas 1810 births 1876 deaths 19th-century English sculptors Artists from Kingston upon Hull Alumni of the Royal Academy Schools