James Milo Griffith

For other people named James Griffith or James Griffiths, see James Griffiths.

James Milo Griffiths
Born(1843-06-11)11 June 1843
Pont-seli, Wales
Died8 September 1897(1897-09-08) (aged 54)
London, England
EducationRoyal Academy Schools
Known forSculpture

James Milo Griffith (11 June 1843 – 8 September 1897) was a Welsh sculptor who, after originally training as an artisan mason, became notable for his memorial statues.

Life

Griffith was born in Pont-seli, Pembrokeshire, in 1843. During the restoration of Llandaff Cathedral, undertaken by the Welsh architect John Prichard, Griffith was apprenticed by the Bishop of Llandaff as an artisan stonemason. At the age of twenty, Griffith was admitted to Royal Academy Schools in London.[1]

Griffith produced several works placed on public view, notably on the Holborn Viaduct and Bristol Cathedral. Among other notable works are the Statue of John Batchelor in Cardiff,[2] that of Sir Hugh Owen in Caernarfon, and the Sabrina fountain in the grounds of Bridgnorth Castle, Shropshire.[3] In 1875 his work Summer Flowers was bought by Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot and displayed at Margam Castle. Griffith later moved the United States and became a professor of arts in San Francisco. He returned to London in 1896 and died there in 1897. He was buried in the suburb of Morden.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Griffith, James Milo". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
  2. ^ "James Milo Griffith". Aberystwyth University School of Art. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Sabrina Fountain, Bridgnorth (Grade II) (1246858)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  4. ^ The Cambrian. T.J. Griffiths. 1898. p. 185.