Person    | Male  Born 1702  Died 1762

Louis François Roubiliac

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor. Born Lyon. Made his reputation in 1749 with the tomb of the Duke of Argyll in Westminster Abbey. Died penniless.

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Sir John Cass statue - Jewry Street

A statue was commissioned by the Sir John Cass Foundation in 1751. It was fir...

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Sir Robert Cotton

This bust is a 20th-century replica after Louis-François Roubiliac, 1757.

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William Shakespeare - British Library

An information panel informs that the statue was commissioned by David Garric...

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