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This was brought to the notice of Alexander Beresford-Hope, on whose estate Redfern was born.
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James Redfern
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He is best known for works incorporated into Gothic churches, including Salisbury Cathedral and Gloucester Cathedral. He also created the eight virtue statues which are included in the Albert Memorial. As a boy Redfern showed a taste for art by carving and modeling from the woodcuts of illustrated papers.
At the suggestion of the vicar of Hartington, he executed in alabaster a group of a warrior and a dead horse.
Hope sent him to Paris to study for six months. His first work exhibited at the Royal Academy, Cain and Abel (1859), attracted the notice of John Henry Foley.
These were at first chiefly of a sacred character. He later also executed portrait statues.
His larger works were principally designed for Gothic church decoration.
These were originally intended for the northern porch of Bristol Cathedral but were thought too "papist" by the Dean and rejected. They were rescued by George Edmund Street and included in his design for Saint Andrew"s church at East Heslerton in North Yorkshire.
