Acton, John Adams- (1830–1910), sculptor, was born on 11 December 1830 at Acton Hill, Middlesex, one of the two surviving sons and three daughters of William Adams (1778/9–1836), an artist, and his wife, Helen Elizabeth Humphrey (1794–1878). His sister ...
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Acton, John Adams- (1830–1910), sculptor
S. E. Fryer
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Acton, John Adams- (1830–1910)
Maker: Samuel Alexander Walker
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John Adams- Acton (1830–1910) by Samuel Alexander Walker, pubd 1893 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Adams, Robert (1917–1984), sculptor and designer
Alastair Grieve
Adams, Robert (1917–1984), sculptor and designer, was born at 22 Thirlestane Road, Far Cotton, Northamptonshire, on 5 October 1917, the youngest of the three children of Arthur Adams (b. 1878), a master grocer and market gardener, and his first wife, Emily, ...
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Banks, Thomas (1735–1805), sculptor
Julius Bryant
Banks, Thomas (1735–1805), sculptor, was born on 22 December 1735 in Kennington, south London, and baptized in St Mary, Lambeth, on 18 January 1736, the eldest of the three sons of William Banks, later landscape gardener, land steward, and surveyor to the fourth duke of Beaufort...
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Bates, Harry (1850–1899), sculptor
Mark Stocker
Bates, Harry (1850–1899), sculptor, was born Henry Bates in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, on 26 April 1850, the fifth of eight children of Joseph Thomas Bates (1813–1882), master builder, and his wife Anne, née Moules (bap. 1814, d. 1885). After brief training as an architect's clerk, he served as an apprentice (...
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Bayes, Gilbert William (1872–1953), sculptor
Mark Stocker
Bayes, Gilbert William (1872–1953), sculptor, was born on 4 April 1872 at 6 Oval Road, Gloucester Road, St John's Wood, London, the third of four children of Alfred Walter Bayes (1831–1909), a painter and etcher, and his wife, Emily Ann, née...
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Behnes, William (1791x7–1864), sculptor
Mark Stocker
Behnes, William (1791x7–1864), sculptor, was born in London, the eldest of the three sons of a piano maker, of Hanover, Germany, and his English wife. He may have been the ‘William Bennes’ who was born in Portman Square, Middlesex, on 13 December 1791 and baptized at ...
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Bell [née Hamilton], Maria, Lady Bell (1755–1825), painter and sculptor
Annette Peach
Bell [née Hamilton], Maria, Lady Bell (1755–1825), painter and sculptor, was born on 26 December 1755 in Chelsea, Middlesex, and baptized on 28 December at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, the daughter of William Hamilton, an architect of Scottish descent, and his wife, Sarah...
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Bell, Maria (1755–1825)
Maker: George Clint
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Maria Bell (1755–1825), by George Clint, 1810–1815
© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Boehm, Sir (Joseph) Edgar, baronet (1834–1890)
Maker: J. P. Mayall
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Sir (Joseph) Edgar Boehm, baronet (1834–1890) by J. P. Mayall, pubd 1884 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Boehm, Sir (Joseph) Edgar [formerly Josef Erasmus Böhm], baronet (1834–1890), sculptor
Mark Stocker
Boehm, Sir (Joseph) Edgar [formerly Josef Erasmus Böhm], baronet (1834–1890), sculptor, was born on 4 July 1834 in Vienna, the youngest son of Josef Daniel Böhm (1794–1865), court medallist, engraver, and director of the imperial mint at Vienna, and his wife, Maria Aloysia Lussman (1797–1839)...
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Bonomi, Joseph (1796–1878), sculptor and Egyptologist
Peter Meadows
Bonomi, Joseph (1796–1878), sculptor and Egyptologist, and his twin sister, Mary Anne Bonomi (1796–1872), were born at 76 Great Titchfield Street, London, on 9 October 1796, the eighth and ninth but fourth and fifth surviving children of Joseph (Giuseppe) Bonomi (1739–1808), architect, and ...
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Brock, Sir Thomas (1847–1922), sculptor
Mark Stocker
Brock, Sir Thomas (1847–1922), sculptor, was born on 1 March 1847 at Worcester, the only son of William Brock, a builder and decorator, and his wife, Catherine, daughter of William Marshall. He was educated at the Government School of Design, Worcester, and then served an apprenticeship in modelling at the ...
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Brock, Sir Thomas (1847–1922)
Maker: Ralph W. Robinson
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Sir Thomas Brock (1847–1922) by Ralph W. Robinson, 1889 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Bullock, George (1784/5–1818), sculptor and cabinet-maker
Clive Wainwright
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Bullock, George (1784/5–1818), sculptor and cabinet-maker, was the fourth son of James Bullock and his second wife, Sibylla, of Bristol, the owners of a travelling waxworks. His elder brother, William Bullock, became an artist, naturalist, explorer, and museum proprietor; a sister, Mary Ann...
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Burman, Thomas (1617/18–1674), sculptor and metal-engraver
Adam White
Burman, Thomas (1617/18–1674), sculptor and metal-engraver, was born, according to an inscription on his tomb, in 1617 or 1618. He was apprenticed to Edward Marshall under the auspices of the Masons' Company of London in 1632 or 1633. From 1649 onwards he is recorded as living in ...
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Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt (1781–1841)
Maker: Thomas Phillips
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Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781–1841) by Thomas Phillips, 1818 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt (1781–1841), sculptor
Timothy Stevens
Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt (1781–1841), sculptor, was born at Jordanthorpe, Norton, Derbyshire, on 7 April 1781 and baptized in Norton parish church on 27 May, the younger son of Francis Chantrey (1748/9–1793), a tenant farmer and carpenter of Norton, and his wife, Sarah, ...
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Christmas family (per. c. 1610–c. 1640), sculptors, woodcarvers, and pageant artificers
Adam White
Christmas family (per. c. 1610–c. 1640), sculptors, woodcarvers, and pageant artificers, were active in London. Gerard Christmas (bap. 1576, d. 1634) was born into a family that lived on the eastern edge of the City of London and may have come from ...
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Christmas, Gerard (bap. 1576, d. 1634)
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