Sculptor. Born Nottingham, son of an Italian immigrant. Apprenticed to Locatelli, they arrived in London in 1775 and carved the medallions at the Middlesex Sessions House. Achieved a good reputation for his portrait busts. Died at home, Cochran's Terrace (now Cochrane Street), St John's Wood. The picture is a self-portrait. London work includes: the caryatides at St Pancras church on Euston Road, two figures on the front of the Royal Opera House.
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Haydon & Rossi
London County Council Benjamin Haydon, 1786 - 1846, painter and Charles Rossi...
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Old Middlesex Sessions House
Above the central window, this cameo-type profile bust of the King is draped ...
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William Mitchell
Sculptor. He has worked in a vast variety of techniques and media, producing some grand-scale works. Among his London projects are the interior of the Curzon Cinema, Mayfair, the concrete frieze in...
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Charles Sargeant Jagger
Sculptor. Born Yorkshire. Started as an apprentice metal engraver for Mappin & Webb in Sheffield, then went to art school and studied sculpture under Lanteri. Served in WW1 in the Artists Ri...
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Jamie Sargeant
Sculptor. He trained with the Orton Trust, and became apprentice and then assistant to David Kindersley (father of Richard), who raised him in the tradition and spirit of direct carving and the tre...
1 memorial
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