Henry Richard Hope-Pinker Explained

Henry Richard Hope-Pinker (1850 – 3 August 1927) was a British sculptor, notable for his portraits and statues of contemporary Victorian figures.

Biography

Hope-Pinker was born in Peckham in southeast London. His father was a builder and master mason, based in Hove, where Hope-Pinker received some training in stone carving before entering the Royal Academy Schools in London.^[1] Working in London, Hope-Pinker became a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and was a specialist in portrait busts of high-profile contemporary figures.^[2] He carved several statues, including one of Charles Darwin, for the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.^[3] His bust of Henry Fawcett is in the National Portrait Gallery in London, which also hold two of his other works.^{[2] [4]}

Selected works

• Bust of George Rolleston, 1856, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Statue of Queen Victoria, 1894, Georgetown, Guyana^[5]
• Statues of Charles Darwin, John Hunter, Thomas Sydenham and Roger Bacon, Oxford University Museum of Natural History^[3]
• Statue of Henry Fawcett, Market Place, Salisbury^[1]
• Statue of William Edward Forster, 1890, Victoria Embankment Gardens, London
• Bust of Joseph Prestwich, c. 1901, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Bust of Walter Frank Raphael Weldon, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Bust of John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 1907 Oxford University Museum of Natural History
• Several busts and statuettes of James Martineau^[6]
• Terracotta medallion of Robert Henry Soden Smith, 1884, Victoria and Albert Museum, London^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII. Henry Richard Hope-Pinker. 2011. 23 March 2023. Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. 13 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210713211233/https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1203021577. dead.
2. Book: James Mackay . Antique Collectors' Club . 1977. The Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze . 0902028553.
3. Web site: HR Pinker . Courtauld Institute of Art . 24 March 2023.
4. Web site: Henry Richard Hope-Pinker . National Portrait Gallery . 27 March 2023.
5. Web site: Hew Locke challenges Empire in Birmingham . 17 June 2022. Hyperallergic . 28 March 2023.
6. Web site: James Martineau . National Portrait Gallery . 28 March 2023.
7. Web site: Robert Henry Soden Smith MA (1822-1890). Victoria and Albert Museum. 31 March 2023.