Albert Bruce-Joy (21 August 1842 – 22 July 1924) was an Irish sculptor working in England. His original surname was Joy but he became known under his hyphenated name Bruce-Joy later in life. He was the brother of the painter George W. Joy.

Biography

Son of William Bruce Joy, MD, Bruce-Joy was born in

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but educated in Offenbach,

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and at King's College London. He trained as a sculptor with

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at the

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, and the

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. He began exhibiting at the Royal Academy from 1866 onwards. In 1867 he gave an address in

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Albert Bruce Joy ARHA, RHA
Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011, accessed 04 Dec 2012. where he is said to have spent three years. After his return to London, he took over the commission for a statue of ''Robert James Graves'' for the

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in Dublin. This was originally given to the late John Foley (died 1874) who had previously finished three statues for the College. This marked the start of his specialisation in

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statues, busts and medallions which were praised at the time for their likeness, and for which he is now mostly known. Bruce-Joy built his house in Shottermill near Haslemere in 1891, and travelled to America twice in his life.

Works

(a detailed list is given at the University of Glasgow's database) * Statue of John Laird (1877) in

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. * Statue of

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(1878), Surgeon, The Leas, Folkestone, Kent. * Statue of

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(1880) in St Patrick's Cathedral,

. * Monument known as the Ayer Lion (1880) sculpted from Italian marble for the grave site of

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in Lowell Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts. * Statue of Gladstone (1882) in front of Bow Church,

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. * Statues of

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(1891), and

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(1894) in

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. * Statue of Alexander Balfour (1905) in St John's Gardens,

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Gallery

Image:Statue of John Laird 2018.jpg, John Laird in

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