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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
Abstract. References. Author. file_download Download. English. On Wednesday 10 October 1888, Oscar Wilde counted among several speakers who praised Sir Ronald Gower (1845-1916) at the unveiling of the aristocrat’s imposing monument to Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Sculptor and author. Profile. Born: 2 August 1845 in Stafford House, London, England, United Kingdom. Died: 9 March 1916. Nationality: British. Gender: Male. Associated books. 3 results. Lord Ronald Gower. Drawings of Gainsborough - London ; New York: [1906] Lord Ronald Gower.
