Francis Legatt Chantrey
English artist (1781-1841) · Artists · Died at 60
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Something wrong?Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey was an English sculptor. He became the leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, producing busts and statues of many notable figures of the time. Chantrey's most notable works include the statues of King George IV ; King George III (Guildhall), and George Washington.
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King George IV by Chantrey, Trafalgar Square, London
George Washington, Massachusetts State House by Sir Francis Chantrey, Harper's Weekly, 26 February 1861
Sir Walter Scott by Sir Francis Chantrey (1832), Victoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Monument to Amelia Ann Smyth, d. 1817 (wife of acting Lt. Gov. of Nova Scotia George Stracey Smyth), St Paul's Church, Nova Scotia
Chantrey's memorial for Isaac Hawkins Browne, Tory politician, coalowner and essayist, in the parish church of Badger, Shropshire, where he was lord of the manor
The Sleeping Children (1817) in Lichfield Cathedral, portrays two young sisters, Ellen-Jane and Marianne Robinson, who died in tragic circumstances in 1812.
Grave of Lady Mary Ann Chantrey (née Wale) in Highgate CemeteryAwards
Artists born in the 1780s 6
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Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey was an English sculptor. He became the leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, producing busts and statues of many notable figures of the time. Chantrey's most notable works include the statues of King George IV ; King George III (Guildhall), and George Washington. He also executed four monuments to military heroes for St Paul's Cathedral, London. He left the Chantrey Bequest for the purchase of works of art for the nation, which was available from 1877 after the death of his widow.
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