John Flaxman Jr.
✓ Source-basedfallingEnglish artist (1755-1826)
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John Flaxman was an English sculptor and draughtsman who was a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several years in Rome, where he produced his first book illustrations. He was a prolific maker of funerary monuments.
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John Flaxman by Musgrave Watson, University College London, 1847
Memorial in the church at Badger, Shropshire
Detail of monument to Sarah Morley in Gloucester Cathedral
Anne, Flaxman's wife, by Henry Howard, c. 1797
A 1795 engraving after Flaxman's drawing of Achilles mourning Patrocles
The Flaxman Gallery of UCL main library in the Octagon building
Design for the façade decoration of Buckingham Palace (1821-1826)In their orbit 4
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About this person
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United KingdomCategory
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1755 to 1826 · aged 71
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