Thomas Woolner

born 1825 died 1892

Woolner was a key member of the Pre-Raphaelites, and helped produce their first publication, The Germ. He left England for the Australian gold rush, and spent the early 1850s in Australia, before returning to England and finding success as a sculptor. Did he stop in Singapore to or fro?

Read his entry in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica here.

He seemed to have made a speciality of portrait sculpture of famous colonials, including the large Captain Cook in Sydney among others.