{{Short description|English sculptor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox artist|birth_date=17 February 1845 |birth_place=Westminster, London, UK|death_date=4 April 1900|known_for=sculpture|notable_works=''Phryne before Praxiteles'' }} [[File:Phryne before Praxiteles (Percival Ball) 20210408.jpg|thumb|''Phryne before Praxiteles'', 1900. Bronze relief by Percival Ball on the facade of the Art Gallery of New South Wales.]] '''Percival Ball''' (17 February 1845 – 4 April 1900) was an English sculptor active in Australia. [[File:Eight Hour Day Memorial.jpg|thumb|Eight Hour Day Memorial in Melbourne]] Ball was born in Westminster, London, the son of Edward Henry Ball, carver, and his wife Louisa, née Percival. He later studied at the Royal Academy of Arts schools in England winning several gold medals and prizes. Between 1865 and 1882 he exhibited 24 works at Royal Academy exhibitions. Around 1870 Ball travelled to Paris and then to Munich and Rome, where he lived for approximately eight years. His marble sculptures received high praise.<ref name="dab">{{Dictionary of Australian Biography|First=Percival|Last=Ball|shortlink=0-dict-biogBa.html#ball1 |accessdate=2008-10-25 }}</ref><ref name="adb">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Scarlett |first=Ken |year=1979 |id=A070162b |title= Ball, Percival (1845 - 1900) |accessdate=2008-10-25 }}</ref>
Ball came to Sydney, Australia in 1884, seeking a warmer climate to relieve his asthma and bronchitis. After six months there he moved to Melbourne, occupying a studio at Grosvenor chambers from 1888.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1888-04-26 |title=The Grosvenor Chambers Buildings in Collins-street |pages=8 |work=The Argus |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6120492 |access-date=2023-03-23}}</ref>
He died of heart failure due to asthma and bronchitis in England in 1900.<ref name="dab" /><ref name="adb" />
== Gallery of work == <gallery> File:State Library of Victoria - Redmond Barry Statue (4505210328).jpg|Statue of Redmond Barry, State Library of Victoria. File:Melbourne RMIT University City-Statue of Francis Ormond (2008).jpg|Statue of Francis Ormond by Ball on the Melbourne RMIT University City Campus. File:Wallace Monument, Botanic Gardens, Ballarat.jpg|The marble sculpture Sir William Wallace, Ball. Unveiled 24th May 1889 at the Botanic Gardens, Ballarat. </gallery>
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==External links== *[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp06642&role=art Bust of Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards by Percival Ball] at the National Portrait Gallery, retrieved 2008-02-01 *[http://www.artnet.com/artist/687295/percival-ball.html Works by Percival Ball] at ArtNet.com, retrieved 2008-02-01
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