Herbert Hampton (1862 – 11 February 1929) was an English sculptor, artist, and creator of public memorials, who was active between 1888 and 1927.

Life

Hampton was born at Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, and died in Great Bardfield, Essex in 1929. After education at Bishop's Stortford College, he studied art at the

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, the Lambeth, the Westminster, the Slade and then the Académies

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and Colarossi in Paris. His legacy was a collection of public memorials across the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

Works

The Queen Victoria Monument in Lancaster, displays a sculpture of the queen guarded by four monumental lions, beneath them are four allegories to freedom, wisdom, truth and justice complete with a generous collection of putti; and four bas-relief friezes of fifty-three eminent Victorians, two of whom were women. * Queen Victoria Monument, Dalton Square, Lancaster, England. * Ashton Memorial,

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, Lancaster, England * Statue of the Duke of Devonshire, Whitehall, London * Queen Victoria Memorial Statue (1905), Queens Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand. * Henry Austin Bruce, Lord Aberdare (1899), New Promenade,

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, Wales * Henry Austin Bruce, Lord Aberdare (1899), Alexandra Gardens, Cardiff, Wales

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1862 births 1929 deaths 19th-century British sculptors British male sculptors 20th-century British sculptors People from Hoddesdon People educated at Bishop's Stortford College Alumni of Cardiff School of Art and Design Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Académie Julian alumni Académie Colarossi alumni 19th-century British male artists 20th-century British male artists {{UK-sculptor-stub