Royal Geographical Society commission for a statue to David Livingstone, 1951
Start Date: 1951
Type: Competition
Description: The Royal Geographical Society approached the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1951 concerning a proposed statue 'to' David Livingstone. The R.B.S. Advisory Committee nominated names of sculptors and submitted photographs of their works, and from these the R.G.S. asked T. B. Huxley-Jones and J. Wedgwood to 'prepare models for consideration.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Society of British Sculptors
1951
Organised by the Royal Society of British Sculptors, at the request of the Royal Geographical Society.
Participants
Participant Thomas Bayliss Huxley- Jones
1951
Asked to prepare a model for consideration by the R.G.S.
Participant James Wedgwood
1951
Asked to prepare a model for consideration by the R.G.S.
Citing this record
'Royal Geographical Society commission for a statue to David Livingstone, 1951', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib4_1274358000, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
