William Silver Frith

Who was William Silver Frith?

William Silver Frith was a British sculptor.

Frith graduated from the Lambeth School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, and became assistant to Jules Dalou. By 1880 Frith had succeeded Dalou as master at the newly formed South London Technical Art School. There he became a guiding force to several of the figures in the New Sculpture school, including F. W. Pomeroy, C. J. Allen, and George Frampton.

In his own work he was primarily an architectural sculptor, often with architect Sir Aston Webb.

His work includes:

figures of Justice, Truth, Patience and Plenty, Victoria Law Courts, Birmingham

the Metropolitan Life Assurance Company building in Moorgate, London

fountain figures at Christ's Hospital, Horsham, Sussex, England

Imperial College, South Kensington

supervising sculptor and the Canada group for the Doulton Fountain, Glasgow

statues of British sculptors Grinling Gibbons and John Bacon for the Victoria and Albert Museum

front entrance portico design and sculptures for Two Temple Place, London, England