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Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (2 August 1845 – 9 March 1916), was a British sculptor, best known for his statue of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon. He also wrote biographies of Marie Antoinette and Joan of Arc, as well as serving as Liberal Member of Parliament for Sutherland.
19 de feb. de 2020 · Born into ‘the inner circle of English aristocratic life’, Lord Ronald Gower (1845-1916) is best known as the likely inspiration for the hedonistic aristocrat, Lord Henry Wotton, in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), and as the sculptor of the Shakespeare Memorial in Stratford-upon-Avon. He is a prominent figure ...
Lord Ronald Gower was well known in the homosexual community at the time, and was publicly implicated in the Cleveland Street Scandal. Gower was a close friend of Wilde's and is portrayed in The Picture Dorian Gray through the character of Lord Henry Wotton.
The Shakespeare Memorial by Lord Ronald Gower. Bronze and stone, with a pedestal designed by Parisian architects, Peigniet and Marnez. 1888. Bancroft Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon. At each corner of the Memorial, the sculptor has placed a representative Shakespearean character: “Hamlet, Prince Hal, Lady Macbeth and Falstaff.
LORD RONALD GOWER, GUSTAVE DORE AND THE GENESIS OF THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON Philip Ward-Jackson ANUMBER OF FACTORS MAY have contributed to Lord Ronald Gower's relinquishment of sculpture after his monument to Shakespeare was finally inaugurated at Stratford-on-Avon in I888. The impression he himself gives is that he had ...
Lord Ronald Charles Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (2 August 1845 – 9 March 1916), was a British sculptor, best known for his statue of Shakespeare in Stratford-upon-Avon. He also wrote biographies of Marie Antoinette and Joan of Arc, as well as serving as Liberal Member of Parliament for Sutherland.
Lord Ronald Gower. primary name: primary name: Gower, Ronald Sutherland. other name: other name: (Lord) Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Ronald. Details. individual; sculptor/medallist; author/poet; British; Male. Life dates. 1845-1916. Biography. Sculptor; youngest son of George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd duke of Sutherland (1786-1861).
