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Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt (1781-1841) sculptor

  • GB 275 001913
  • Person
  • 1781-1841

One of the most important establishment sculptors in the early 19th Century, He became ARA in 1815, and was elected RA just three years later. In 1835 he was knighted, and by the end of his life had built up a huge fortune. Among his many statues and monuments are the Sleeping Children (1817) in Lichfield Cathedral, a series of portraits in St Paul's Cathedral (including Gillespie and Heber) and in Westminster Abbey (including James Watt and Stamford Raffles), William Pitt in Hanover Square and George IV in Trafalgar Square (made originally for Marble Arch). A Queen Victoria is in the National Portrait Gallery. His Dalton is in Manchester Town Hall. His George Washington is in Boston State House, USA.

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