Albert Toft
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Toft's statue The Spirit of Contemplation
Albert Toft (1862 near Birmingham - 1949) was a British sculptor.
Toft trained in Wedgwood's pottery and studied sculpture at the South Kensington Schools.
Notable works
- Welsh National Memorial, Cardiff
- Royal London Fusiliers Monument in Holborn, London
- South Africa (Boer War) Memorial in Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham
- South Africa Memorial, Cardiff
- King Edward Memorial in Highgate Park, Birmingham
- figures at the Hall of Memory, Birmingham.
- Queen Victoria memorial, Nottingham
- Queen Victoria memorial, Leamington
- Queen Victoria memorial, South Shields
- The Spirit of Contemplation, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Spring, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
- Fate Led, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- Captain Albert Ball memorial, Nottingham
External links
- Bob Speel's site (http://www.speel.demon.co.uk/artists2/toft.htm)
- The Victorian Web (http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/toft/toftov.html)