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Hamo Thornycroft

(1850-1925), Sculptor; son of Thomas Thornycroft and Mary Thornycroft

Sir (William) Hamo Thornycroft

Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 16 portraits
Artist of 4 portraits
Sir (William) Hamo Thornycroft trained in his father's studio and in 1869 entered the Royal Academy Schools, where he benefited from the teaching of Lord Leighton. In 1872 he travelled via France to Italy. In Paris he was impressed by the work of such nineteenth-century sculptors as Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Francois Rude and Paul Dubois, and in Italy he particularly admired the work of the early Renaissance masters Ghiberti, Donatello and Verrocchio.

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Hamo Thornycroft, by and published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, after  Frank Dudman, for  Joseph Parkin Mayall - NPG Ax27826

Hamo Thornycroft

by and published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, after Frank Dudman, for Joseph Parkin Mayall
photogravure, 1883, published 1884
NPG Ax27826

Hamo Thornycroft, by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by  C. Whittingham & Co - NPG x7395

Hamo Thornycroft

by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co
platinum print, circa 1889, published 1892
NPG x7395

Hamo Thornycroft, by Done & Ball - NPG x12596

Hamo Thornycroft

by Done & Ball
albumen cabinet card, early 1890s
NPG x12596

The Alma-Tadema Banquet, by Fradelle & Young - NPG x19022

The Alma-Tadema Banquet

by Fradelle & Young
carbon print, 4 November 1899
NPG x19022

Hamo Thornycroft, by Unknown photographer - NPG x1104

Hamo Thornycroft

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1900s?
NPG x1104

Hamo Thornycroft, possibly by Richard Williams Thomas, published by  Raphael Tuck & Sons - NPG x197699

Hamo Thornycroft

possibly by Richard Williams Thomas, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons
bromide postcard print, circa 1901
NPG x197699

Hamo Thornycroft, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x166747

Hamo Thornycroft

by Walter Stoneman
bromide print in window mount, 1917
NPG x166747

Hamo Thornycroft, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x20703

Hamo Thornycroft

by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x20703

Hamo Thornycroft, by Walter Stoneman - NPG x43681

Hamo Thornycroft

by Walter Stoneman
whole-plate glass negative, 1917
NPG x43681

Hamo Thornycroft ('Men of the Day. No. 533.'), by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG D44582

Hamo Thornycroft ('Men of the Day. No. 533.')

by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 20 February 1892
NPG D44582

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