Awarded the first gold medal for sculpture by the Royal Academy in 1769. Other works: Samuel Johnson (1796) in St Paul's Cathedral. Ornamental Passions writes : "John Bacon was the son of a clothworker in Southwark who became rich and famous churning out memorials for churches. Philip Ward-Jackson has written of him: "His great abilities as a sculptor were disagreeably offset by what some saw as a smug and smarmily pious manner."
His second son was John Bacon the Younger.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Bacon the Elder
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
John Bacon the Elder
Bronze statue erected in 1789 showing the king who had commissioned the rebui...
This statue shows King Billy's horse about to trip over a mole-hill and throw...
Sculptor. From his website: "Born 1977 in central London against a background of musical theatre, the artist spent much of his childhood in the company of dancers and performing artists, an experie...
Sculptor and carver. Born Derbyshire. Worked with William Farmer. Died Hampshire. Information from Mapping Sculpture.
Ornamental Passions reports on another of his works nearby at Pemberton House, Pemberton Row EC4. And more, here.
His four children and sister were present at the unveiling.
Casting foundry based at the Limehouse Basin. It provides a service to artists who wish to cast their original sculptures in bronze or aluminium. Owned and run by Mark Kennedy.
English Heritage Madame Marie Tussaud, 1761 - 1850, artist in wax, lived here, 1838 - 1839.
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