Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial, statues for which were created by Floyd.
John Ashton Floyd was a sculptor based in Manchester , England, in the inter-war years of the 20th century, who created a number of notable works.
Works
John Floyd's work includes sculptures in the Grade II* listed 100 King Street building in Manchester , commissioned by Edwin Lutyens . He created the sculpted wounded soldier and the figure of Peace who is taking the sword of honour from his hand, between 1919 and 1922 for the main Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial .[1] He was also responsible for the 1921 Royton War Memorial on Tandle Hill near Oldham .[2]
He was for a time an assistant to John Cassidy , an Irish sculptor and painter who settled in Manchester.[3] Floyd created a sculpture forming the Manchester Post Office peace memorial – unveiled in 1929 – in Cassidy's Plymouth Grove studio.[4] [5]
References
^ Public Monuments and Sculpture Association (16 June 2003), Ashton-under-Lyne War Memorial , pmsa.cch.kcl.ac.uk, archived from the original on 30 June 2009, retrieved 19 September 2008
^ FLOYD John Ashton , Artist Biographies Ltd., retrieved 26 March 2016
^ Obituary , Manchester City News, 22 July 1939, retrieved 26 March 2008
^ Post Office Peace Memorial , Manchesterhistory.net, retrieved 26 March 2008
^ Post Office Peace Memorial , Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, archived from the original on 6 April 2016, retrieved 26 March 2008