Henry Hugh Armstead - Wikipedia - Recent changes [en]

At the age of eighteen Armstead went to work for the silversmiths Hunt and Roskell.<ref name=ngb/> The works he later made there included the ''Kean Testimonial'', a set of nine pieces of silver presented to the actor [[Charles Kean]],<ref name=kean>{{cite news|title=The Kean Testimonial| newspaper=The Times|date=24 March 1862|access-date=7 June 2012|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=palmers&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS85105272&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0}} {subscription needed}</ref> and the ''Outram Shield'' (1862), made for presentation to Lieutenant-General Sir [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|James Outram]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O375267/shield-franchi-and-son/|title=Shield|year=1868 |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref> He both made the clay models for the objects and chased the cast silver.<ref name=ngb/><ref name=kean/>

At the age of eighteen Armstead went to work for the silversmiths Hunt and Roskell.<ref name=ngb/> The works he later made there included the ''Kean Testimonial'', a set of nine pieces of silver presented to the actor [[Charles Kean]],<ref name=kean>{{cite news|title=The Kean Testimonial| newspaper=The Times|date=24 March 1862|access-date=7 June 2012|url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=palmers&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS85105272&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0}} {subscription needed}</ref> and the ''Outram Shield'' (1862), made for presentation to Lieutenant-General Sir [[Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet|James Outram]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O375267/shield-franchi-and-son/|title=Shield|year=1868 |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref> He both made the clay models for the objects and chased the cast silver.<ref name=ngb/><ref name=kean/>

In the late 1850s Armstead was commissioned to make a statue, in Caen stone, of [[Aristotle]]<ref name=hmi/><ref>{{cite web|title=The statues in the court| url=http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/learning/htmls/statues.htm|publisher= Oxford University Museum of Natural History |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref> for the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]]. Later this he increasingly concentrated on sculpture rather than metalwork.<ref name=hmi/> He designed a set of friezes for the outside of [[Ettington Hall]] in Warwickshire, as part of its remodelling in 1858–1862; they were carved by Edward Clarke,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lowereatingtoni00shirgoog|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lowereatingtoni00shirgoog/page/n28 22]–3|title=Lower Eatington: Its Manor House and Church|first=Evelyn Philip|last=Shirley|publisher=Privately. print. at the Chiswick press|year=1869}}</ref> Commissions for work at the [[Palace of Westminster]], and the [[Albert Memorial]] helped Armstead to establish his reputation. He subsequently executed a large number of public statues, funerary works and other architectural schemes.<ref name=hmi/>

In the late 1850s Armstead was commissioned to make a statue, in Caen stone, of [[Aristotle]]<ref name=hmi/><ref>{{cite web|title=The statues in the court| url=http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/learning/htmls/statues.htm|publisher= Oxford University Museum of Natural History |access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref> for the [[Oxford University Museum of Natural History]]. After this he increasingly concentrated on sculpture rather than metalwork.<ref name=hmi/> He designed a set of friezes for the exterior of [[Ettington Hall]] in Warwickshire, as part of its remodelling in 1858–1862; they were carved by Edward Clarke,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/lowereatingtoni00shirgoog|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lowereatingtoni00shirgoog/page/n28 22]–3|title=Lower Eatington: Its Manor House and Church|first=Evelyn Philip|last=Shirley|publisher=Privately. print. at the Chiswick press|year=1869}}</ref> Commissions for work at the [[Palace of Westminster]], and the [[Albert Memorial]] helped Armstead to establish his reputation. He subsequently executed a large number of public statues, funerary works and other architectural schemes.<ref name=hmi/>

At the Palace of Westminster Armstead carved eighteen oak panels in the Queens's Robing Room illustrating the legend of [[King Arthur]] beneath a series of murals by [[William Dyce]].<ref name=ngb>{{cite book|title=The National Gallery British Art Catalogue With Descriptions^ Historical Notes and Lives of Deceased Artists|year=1908|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|url=http://www23.us.archive.org/stream/tategallerynati00gallgoog#page/n17/mode/2up/search/armstead|pages=4–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/worksofart/collection-highlights/british-history/the-legend-of-king-arthur|title=The Legend of King Arthur|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>

At the Palace of Westminster Armstead carved eighteen oak panels in the Queens's Robing Room illustrating the legend of [[King Arthur]] beneath a series of murals by [[William Dyce]].<ref name=ngb>{{cite book|title=The National Gallery British Art Catalogue With Descriptions^ Historical Notes and Lives of Deceased Artists|year=1908|location=London|publisher=His Majesty's Stationery Office|url=http://www23.us.archive.org/stream/tategallerynati00gallgoog#page/n17/mode/2up/search/armstead|pages=4–5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/worksofart/collection-highlights/british-history/the-legend-of-king-arthur|title=The Legend of King Arthur|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=5 June 2012}}</ref>