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...
Other work in London includes "Seated Girl", 1990 in Golders Hill Park.
Sculptor. Born Lyon. Made his reputation in 1749 with the tomb of the Duke of Argyll in Westminster Abbey. Died penniless.
Sculptor. Born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Personally selected by both Prince William and Prince Harry to create the memorial statue of Diana. He had previously depicted, the Queen, Prince Philip,...
Those who died serving in the Crimean War and Indian Rebellion.
In 2022 Geoff Staden kindly sent us the photo of the mural and the following text explaining how it came about: "Our peace mural in Crow...
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889 - 1964, First Prime Minister of India, lived here in 1910 and 1912. English Heritage
