Sir George James Frampton

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• Sir George James Frampton (1860-1928), Sculptor and craftsman. Sitter in 13 portraits, Artist of 3 portraits.

Artistback to top

• Sir George James Frampton (1860-1928), Sculptor and craftsman. Artist of 3 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.

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In youth Frampton preferred to be known not as a sculptor but as an art worker. Here he presents himself in a manner that he, and others, used for low relief, inscribed portrait plaques. Notable examples are his George Holt Memorial (University of Liverpool, 1897) and Charles Keene (Tate Britain). The drawing shows him working out lettering associated with the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and the Art Workers Guild, of which he was to become a Master, and which was founded as a link between art and architecture

Linked publicationsback to top

• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 228

Subject/Themeback to top

• Self-portraits