Person    | Male  Born 15/7/1775  Died 1/9/1856

Sir Richard Westmacott

Categories: Sculpture

Sculptor. Born Grosvenor Square. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. His son, with the same name was also a successful sculptor. Died at home at 14 South Audley Street.

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Sir Richard Westmacott

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Great Exhibition and Prince Albert

Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...

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Westmacott

London County Council Sir Richard Westmacott, 1775 - 1856, sculptor, lived a...

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Sir Richard Westmacott

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Achilles statue

Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of ...

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Charles James Fox - statue

He holds a copy of the Magna Carta in his right hand.

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Duke of York's column

Bronze statue by Westmacott of "The Grand Old Duke of York" of nursery rhyme ...

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Elizabeth I statue - Harrow

Harrow School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter of Elizabeth I so thi...

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Francis Duke of Bedford

Inside the gates at each entrance to the square there is a modern information...

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Other Subjects

William Behnes

William Behnes

Born London but brought up in Dublin. Very successful and prolific sculptor but he was a difficult man with "evil habits" (which seem to have been mainly liquid) and never achieved membership of t...

Person, Sculpture, Ireland

3 memorials
Carl Payne
1 memorial
Keziah Burt

Keziah Burt

Sculptor. From her website: "I am a professional figurative artist and teacher living and working in Bristol with my young family. I am passionate about creating bespoke sculptures for my clients i...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Mihail Chemiakin

Mihail Chemiakin

Sculptor. He spent his early years in East Germany, where his father was serving in the army. Returning to Russia, he worked at the Hermitage museum. He was exiled in 1971 for failing to conform to...

Person, Sculpture, France, Germany, Russia

1 memorial
Nils Aas

Nils Aas

Norwegian sculptor.

Person, Sculpture, Norway

1 memorial