Harold Brownsword (1885-1961) A portrait bust of Edward Kerridge Esq

1936, bronzed plaster on an ebonised stepped base, signed and dated

40cm wide, 24cm deep, 64cm high including base

Footnote:

Harold Brownsword was born in Hanley, Staffordshire in 1885. He was the son of Albert Brownsword, a cashier in an earthenware manufacturer in 1891, and probably a book-keeper for Wedgwood. Harold studied sculpture at Hanley School of Art where he won a prize in 1906. He then atttended the Royal College of Art between 1908-13, having been awarded a Royal Exhibition scholarship.

In 1913 he was an unsuccessful entrant for the first competition for the British School at Rome, Gilbert Ledward was awarded the prize. From about 1916, Brownsword taught modelling at the Regent Street Polytechnic and between 1938-50 was its principal. He designed and executed War Memorials at Eccleshill, Thornton, North Allerton, Hanley and Longton. Brownsword died at the Central Middlesex Hospital, Park Royal, Middlesex.

The bust is of K E Kerridge, the vendor's great-grandfather who was a mathematics teacher at Regent Street Polytechnic where Harold Brownsword taught sculpture.

Exhibited: The Royal Academy, 1936, no. 1511.