Joseph Durham

Memorial to the Exhibition of 1851 incorporating a statue of Prince Consort Albert; the memorial is in front of the Royal Albert Hall. alt=Photograph of an elaborate memorial centered on a massive stone column. At the base of the column there are two bronze statues of seated figures. There is a bronze statue of a man standing on top of the column. There are extensive carved inscriptions on the column itself. Behind the memorial is the brick and stonework facade of a large and elaborate building; there is a clear blue sky above the building.

Joseph Durham (1814 – 27 October 1877) was an English sculptor.

Life Durham was born in London in 1814. Around 1827 he was apprenticed to John Francis. He later worked in the studio of E. H. Baily for three years, and exhibited his first piece of sculpture in the Royal Academy in 1835.

alt=Photograph of a stone bust of a young woman looking directly at the reader. The stone appears to be white marble. Her hair is cut well above her shoulders. She is wearing a dress that hangs loosely from her shoulders, leaving her neck and upper chest bare. His busts of Jenny Lind (1848) and of Queen Victoria (1856) attracted a great deal of attention A statue by him of Sir Francis Crossley was erected at Halifax. He executed four statues for the portico of the University of London in Burlington Gardens. A commission from the Duke of Buccleuch, a statue of the Duke's younger brother – John Douglas Montagu Douglas Scott – was erected in Dunchurch and unveiled by the Duke in September 1867.

Between 1835 and 1878 Durham exhibited 126 pieces of sculpture at the Royal Academy and six at the British Institution. He was noted for his figures of boys engaged in sporting activities. A porcelain reproduction of his sculpture Go to Sleep was distributed as a prize to members of the Art Union of London in 1865. He became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1866. He is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery.

Works Bust of Jenny Lind (1848) exhibited at Royal Academy Bust of Edward Sabine (1859) Royal Society of London Statue of William Caxton (1859) in Westminster Palace Hotel Statue of Frank Crossley (1861) in Halifax Memorial to Rev Thomas Dealtry (1861) in Madras Cathedral in India Bust of James Bunning (1863) Guildhall, London Statue of Prince Albert (1863) in Guernsey Bust of William Thackeray (1864) in the Garrick Club Statue of Prince Albert (1865) in the Agricultural College in Farningham Statues of Queen Victoria, Queen Anne and Queen Elizabeth (1866) Public Record Office, London Statues of Robert Stephenson and Euclid (1867) Oxford University Museum Bust of Lord Palmerston (1867) Guildhall, London (destroyed in the blitz) Bust of Lord Romilly (1867) in Public Record Office Statue of Lord John Scott (1867) in Dunchurch Statues of Isaac Newton, John Milton and Joseph Bentham (1869) on facade of Burlington House Bust of Leigh Hunt (1869) Chelsea Town Hall Bust of Sir George Pollock (1870) National Portrait Gallery, London Memorial to William Jerdan FSA (1874) in the churchyard of Bushey Bust of Rev John Barlow (1875) in Royal Institution Bust of William Hogarth (1875) in Leicester Square Bust of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1876) in Colonial Office, London Bust of Sir William Grave (1876) exhibited at Royal Academy Bust of Thomas Webster RA (1877) exhibited at Royal Academy