Edward Carter Preston
Artist, Visual Artist
1885 – 1965
Who was Edward Carter Preston?
Edward Carter Preston was an English artist, born in Liverpool. He was a renowned sculptor and medallist. The artist designed the bronze memorial plaques presented to the families of British servicemen and women who died during the First World War. Another major commission for the artist began in 1931 when the architect Giles Gilbert Scott asked him to produce a series of sculptures for the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. The project was an immense undertaking which occupied the artist for the next thirty years. The work for the cathedral included fifty sculptures, ten memorials and several reliefs.
Preston is the brother-in-law of sculptor Herbert Tyson Smith.
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- Born
- Jul 7, 1885
Liverpool - Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Lived in
- Liverpool
- Died
- Mar 2, 1965
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on July 23, 2013
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