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Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (2 August 1845 – 9 March 1916), was a British sculptor, best known for his statue of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon. He also wrote biographies of Marie Antoinette and Joan of Arc, as well as serving as Liberal Member of Parliament for Sutherland.
The Shakespeare Memorial by Lord Ronald Gower. Bronze and stone, with a pedestal designed by Parisian architects, Peigniet and Marnez. 1888. Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon. At each corner of the Memorial, the sculptor has placed a representative Shakespearean character: “Hamlet, Prince Hal, Lady Macbeth and Falstaff.
Lord Ronald Gower was well known in the homosexual community at the time, and was publicly implicated in the Cleveland Street Scandal. Gower was a close friend of Wilde's and is portrayed in The Picture Dorian Gray through the character of Lord Henry Wotton.
A bronze and stone sculptural monument of William Shakespeare and key characters from his plays, of 1876-1888 date, by Lord Ronald Gower and L. Madrassi. Read the official list entry to find out more.
19 de fev. de 2020 · Born into ‘the inner circle of English aristocratic life’, Lord Ronald Gower (1845-1916) is best known as the likely inspiration for the hedonistic aristocrat, Lord Henry Wotton, in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), and as the sculptor of the Shakespeare Memorial in Stratford-upon-Avon.
ANUMBER OF FACTORS MAY have contributed of sculpture after his monument to Shakespeare to Lord Ronald Gower's relinquishment was finally inaugurated at. Stratford-on-Avon in I888. The impression he himself gives is that he had achieved all that a gentleman sculptor could have hoped for: exhibits at the Royal Academy, at the 1878 Paris ...
Lot Essay. Lord Ronald Gower, the youngest son of the powerful Duke of Sutherland, started his career as a politician, serving in the British Parliament from 1867-74. The artist subsequently became a self-taught ‘gentleman sculptor’ and an historical writer, eventually exhibiting works in the Paris Salons of 1880 and 1881, the Paris ...
