Frederick Brook Hitch (1897–1957) was a British sculptor, the son of the architectural sculptor

Nathaniel Hitch Nathaniel Hitch (1845–1938) was a British sculptor. As a young man, he became an apprentice sculptor journeyman and after studying at the Borough Polytechnic and experience working alongside architectural sculptors, he developed a career ...

. He attended the

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and was a Fellow of the

Royal Society of British Sculptors The Royal Society of Sculptors is a British charity established in 1905 which promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road, South Kensington, London. It ...

. He lived in

Hertford Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census. The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, ne ...

, Hertfordshire, England.

Works

Church and other architectural sculpture

File:Rood in St David's.jpeg, Hanging Rood in St David's Cathedral. Photograph shown courtesy Martin Crampin. File:Countess of Maidstone 5.jpg, The Countess of Maidstone's Tomb. Photograph shown courtesy Martin Crampin. File:The Labours USW.Cardiff.jpg, ''The Labours'' – relief by Brook Hitch on the façade of the Main Building of Cardiff University. Photograph shown courtesy Jessica Kelly. File:Frieze USW.Cardiff.jpg, Frieze by the Grand Staircase in the Main Building of Cardiff University. Photograph shown courtesy Jessica Kelly. File:Frieze USW 2.jpg, Frieze by the Grand Staircase in the Main Building of Cardiff University. Photograph shown courtesy Jessica Kelly.

War memorials

Images of the National Submarine War Memorial

File:Submarine Memorial Relief.jpg, The central relief on the National Submarine War Memorial: The interior of the submarine. File:Submarine Memorial Relief 2.jpg, Second relief on the National Submarine War Memorial: Swimming nereids

Images of the RSPCA Animals Memorial Dispensary

File:RSPCA War Memorial 2.JPG, Brook Hitch's relief File:Plaque 1 RSPCA War Memorial.JPG, One of two plaques by the entrance to the RSPCA Animals Memorial Dispensary File:Plaque 2 RSPCA War Memorial.JPG, Second plaque by the Dispensary entrance File:Central Part RSPCA War Memorial.JPG, Central Part of Brook Hitch relief File:Detail from RSPCA war memorial.JPG, Detail from Brook Hitch relief File:Detail 2 from RSPCA War Memorial.JPG, Horses in Brook Hitch relief File:Left hand side RSPCA War Memorial.JPG, Left hand side of relief File:Right hand side RSPCA war memorial 3.JPG, Right hand side of relief

Harwich Royal Navy Reserve Auxiliary Patrol and Minesweepers Memorial

Other works: public statues

* A statue of Captain

Matthew Flinders Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was a British navigator and cartographer who led the first inshore circumnavigation of mainland Australia, then called New Holland. He is also credited as being the first person to u ...

on North Terrace, Adelaide. * Statue of Sir Ross Smith in the

Creswell Gardens The Creswell Gardens are located in the Adelaide Park Lands between the Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, King William Road and St Peter's Cathedral. They were established in 1909 and named after South Australian sportsman John Creswell. The g ...

, near

Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football, but has also played host to rugby ...

. *The bronze statue of the hymn-writer Charles Wesley at the Methodist chapel in Bristol. Charles Wesley (1707–1788) was the younger brother of John Wesley. He composed about 9,000 hymns during his lifetime, such as "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling" and "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing". The Brook Hitch bronze statue stands in the back courtyard of the Methodist chapel and has the motif "O let me commend my Saviour to you". *Statue of Nelson in Portsmouth. This was erected in 1951, originally in Pembroke Gardens, Southsea, but moved to the Portsmouth Grand Parade in 2005. * A statue of Sir Robert de Mantell in the grounds of

Beeleigh Abbey Beeleigh Abbey near Maldon in Essex, England, was a monastery constructed in 1180 for the Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, as known as the Norbertines or Premonstratensians. The order linked the change of the separate life of monks in the ...

in Essex. Sir Robert de Mantell was the founder of Beeleigh Abbey. * A statue of

Saint Giles Saint Giles (, la, Aegidius, french: Gilles), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 6th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly lege ...

for St Giles' Church in

Haughton, Staffordshire Haughton is a village in Staffordshire, England, approximately 4 miles outside and to the west of the county town of Stafford. It lies on the A518 road, A518 between Stafford and Gnosall. The name derives from a combination of the Mercian word ...

Other works: public statues

File:StatueOfMatthewFlinders.jpg, Statue of Captain

in Adelaide File:Sir Ross Smith Memorial Statue B-4974 (cropped).jpeg, Statue of Sir Ross Smith in Adelaide File:Charles Wesley, John Wesley's Chapel, The Horsefair, Bristol - geograph.org.uk - 1167364.jpg, Statue of Charles Wesley in Bristol

Exhibitions

Brook Hitch exhibited at the

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from 1906 to 1947. Until 1914, his exhibits were mostly classical subjects. In 1917 he showed a medal commemorating the Victory of Jutland Bank. Thereafter he exhibited portraits, with the exception of a work entitled ''Grief'', shown in 1924. In 1926 Hitch submitted maquettes in the competition for the award of the Canadian National War Memorial in Ottawa. Although he was not awarded the commission, his design was shown at the Royal Academy in 1926."Alphabetical list of Sculptors"
Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (PMSA) site. See "H" for Hitch. Retrieved 15 August 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hitch, Frederick Brook 1897 births 1957 deaths English sculptors English male sculptors 20th-century British sculptors