Joseph Whitehead

Who is Joseph Whitehead?

Joseph James Whitehead was an English sculptor and stonemason. Born in Birmingham, he and his family, under the company name J. Whitehead and Son, ran studios at 64 Kennington Road, 74 Rochester Row, and Vincent Square, London.

Whitehead is known, in particular, for the creation of a monument to Father Damien in Molokai, Hawaii; a statue of John Rae in Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney; the Brown Dog memorial in Battersea, London; a statue of Charles Kingsley in Bideford, Devon; a sculpture on the Titanic Memorial in Andrews Park, Southampton; and several war memorials in London and Stafford.