Herbert Maryon
✓ Source-basedfallingEnglish sculptor, goldsmith, archaeologist, conservator, author, and authority on ancient metalwork (1874-1965)
Herbert James Maryon was an English sculptor, conservator, goldsmith, archaeologist and authority on ancient metalwork. Maryon practised and taught sculpture until retiring in 1939, then worked as a conservator with the British Museum from 1944 to 1961.
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Winged Victory by Herbert Maryon
1901 memorial to Bernard Gilpin, designed by Maryon, in St Cuthbert's Church
The University of Reading War Memorial, designed by Maryon and dedicated in 1924
Students dancing around Statue of Industry after tarring and feathering it
One of two gold ornaments from the Kirkhaugh cairns, matching the one excavated by Maryon in 1935![The Valsgärde 6 helmet was one of the few published exemplar helmets at the time of Maryon's reconstruction.[185]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Valsg%C3%A4rde_6_%28Greta_Arwidsson%29_-_Taf._1_-_Helmet.png/1280px-Valsg%C3%A4rde_6_%28Greta_Arwidsson%29_-_Taf._1_-_Helmet.png)
The Valsgärde 6 helmet was one of the few published exemplar helmets at the time of Maryon's reconstruction.[185]![A paper read by Maryon in December 1953 likely influenced Salvador Dalí's 1954 rendering of the Colossus. Dalí's work incorporates Maryon's proposal of 1) a tripod structure balanced by hanging drapery, 2) a pose in which Helios shades his eyes, and most significantly 3) a statue composed of many hammered bronze plates.[222]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/35/Maryon_-_Dal%C3%AD_Colossus.png/330px-Maryon_-_Dal%C3%AD_Colossus.png)
A paper read by Maryon in December 1953 likely influenced Salvador Dalí's 1954 rendering of the Colossus. Dalí's work incorporates Maryon's proposal of 1) a tripod structure balanced by hanging drapery, 2) a pose in which Helios shades his eyes, and most significantly 3) a statue composed of many hammered bronze plates.[222]Awards 2
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Herbert James Maryon was an English sculptor, conservator, goldsmith, archaeologist and authority on ancient metalwork. Maryon practised and taught sculpture until retiring in 1939, then worked as a conservator with the British Museum from 1944 to 1961. He is best known for his work on the Sutton Hoo ship-burial, which led to his appointment as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
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