Richard Westmacott RA

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Richard Westmacott (the younger) (1799 - 19 April 1872) - also sometimes described as Richard Westmacott III (to distinguish him from his father and grandfather - both sculptors bearing the same name) - was a prominent English sculptor of the early- and mid-19th century.

Born in London, he was the son of Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856), and followed closely in his father's footsteps: studying at the Royal Academy (from 1818), being elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy (in 1838) and a full Academician (in 1849), and then succeeding his father to serve as the RA's professor of sculpture (1857-1868) - the only time an RA professorship passed from father to son. Among his most notable works is the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Other works include:

• the tomb of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke at St Andrew's Church in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
• monument commemorating Sir John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition of 1845, now in the Chapel sacristy at Greenwich Hospital, south-east London. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1837, his candidacy citation saying that he was "Richard Westmacott Junr Esqr of 21 Wilton Place Belgrave Square, Sculptor, Author of the Article "Sculpture" in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, and of various Essays and Articles on Art, and Antiquity, a gentleman devoted to Science in general, and the fine Arts in particular"

He is commemorated by a memorial in St Mary Abbots church in Kensington, west London.

SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'Richard Westmacott (the younger)', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 3 July 2013, 12:06 UTC, <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Westmacott_(the_y...> [accessed 5 October 2013]

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• Residence: 1851 - Saint George Hanover Square, Middlesex, England
• Residence: 1861 - St Mary Abbotts Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
• Residence: 1871 - Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
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