John Cochrane and Brothers

John Cochrane and Brothers was a family of Scottish sculptors known for works in both the United Kingdom and Canada.

The sculpting business was continued, and John's advertisement in the 31 August 1847 edition of British Colonist announced his field as "sculpture in marble and stone" and listed as his specialities "Statues, Coats of Arms, Monuments, Tomb Stones, Sun Dials, Fonts, Vases, Chimney Pieces, Modelling, Ornaments &c."[1] He formed an association with Anglo-Canadian architect William Thomas (c. 1799–1860), who used the Cochranes on all his important commissions between 1845 and 1850.

[1] Elizabeth Cochrane died in 1846, the year after the family's arrival in Canada, at the age of 61.

The following year, he served on the management committee for the exhibition, which put on display his plaster statue of Joseph Brant.

[2] James Cochrane owned a marble factory on Queen Street East in Toronto as of 1851.