Английская Википедия:Edward Grubb of Birmingham
Edward Grubb of Birmingham (1740–1816) was an English stonemason, sculptor and artist, the first unambiguously fine art sculptor to work in Birmingham.[1]
Probably born in Towcester in 1740, he moved with his brother Samuel – also a stonemason – first to Stratford-upon-Avon and then by 1769 to Birmingham.[2] Here he produced several monuments in local churches,[2] and in 1770 the first non-ecclesiastic public sculpture in the town: a statue of a boy and girl in uniform over the entrance to the Blue Coat School.[3][4] They were reportedly modelled on actual pupils at the school.[5] In 1881 the figures were painted.[4] Copies were made in artificial stone by William Bloye in 1930, for display at the school's new location,[3] to which it moved in the same year.
In later life, Grubb returned to Stratford-upon-Avon where he died in 1816.[2]
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