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Person    | Male  Born 7/4/1781  Died 25/11/1841

Sir Francis Chantrey

Categories: Sculpture

Sir Francis Chantrey

Sculptor. Born Francis Leggatt Chantry at Jordanthorpe, near Norton, Derbyshire. Sculpted busts and statues of many famous people of the time. Left the Chantrey Bequest (or Chantrey Fund) for purchasing works of art for the nation.

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Sir Francis Chantrey

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Duke of Wellington statue - EC2

Unveiled in Wellington's presence, this is one of only a handful of statues i...

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George IV

One third of the sculptor's fees, totalling £9,000, were paid by the king, wh...

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Lord Nelson bust - Greenwich

{Plaque on plinth:} Admiral Lord Nelson, made by command of King William the ...

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Thomas Coutts statue

The Story of Holly Lodge' by Margaret Downing, March 2009, says that this sta...

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William Pitt statue

According to an information board in the square this bronze statue was erect...

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Frederick  E. E. Schenck

Frederick E. E. Schenck

Born Edinburgh to a German immigrant lithographer. Via Stoke on Trent he moved to London in 1888. Often worked with the architect Henry Hare. Speel provides a lot of information including that Sche...

Person, Sculpture, Scotland

4 memorials
Henry Poole

Henry Poole

Architectural sculptor. Born Westminster. Son of architectural sculptor Samuel Poole and brother of painter Samuel Jr. He studied with G. F. Watts and was a Studio assistant on Physical Energy. Pro...

Person, Sculpture

6 memorials
Frederick George Anstey

Frederick George Anstey

Sculptor active late 19th century. Discussing the architectural sculpture on the Royal Bank of Scotland at 3-5 Bishopsgate Ornamental Passions says: "F.G. Anstey was one of those large firms of ca...

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
Peter McLean

Peter McLean

Sculptor. A founding member of the Bermondsey Artists' Group created in 1983.

Person, Sculpture

1 memorial
John Payton

John Payton

A local business man, he had the vision to create Camden Passage antiques market in the early 1960s. We can't prove that he was also a sculptor but his surname is inscribed on the Cruden relief bus...

Person, Commerce, Sculpture

1 memorial