John Bacon Esq.r R.A.
Painted by I. Russell R.A. Crayong Painter to His Majesty. Engraved by I. Collyer A.R.A. Engraver to Her Majesty.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Engraving on india. Plate 202 x 127mm. 8 x 5".
John Bacon the Elder (1740-1799), was a sculptor, responsible for some important monuments, and a variety of statues in London and elsewhere. He was born in Southwark, son of a clothworker, learnt modelling under a porcelain maker in Lambeth, and by 1867 had become a modeller for Mrs Coade's Lambeth factory, while studying at the Royal Academy Schools. He later also worked for Wedgewood. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1770, and full Academician in 1777, and it was from around this time that he began to win major commissions for sculptural works, including in 1779 the monument to Chatham in Westminster Abbey.
NPG: D16070.
[Ref: 18954] £65.00
[n.d. c.1815.]
Engraving on india. Plate 202 x 127mm. 8 x 5".
John Bacon the Elder (1740-1799), was a sculptor, responsible for some important monuments, and a variety of statues in London and elsewhere. He was born in Southwark, son of a clothworker, learnt modelling under a porcelain maker in Lambeth, and by 1867 had become a modeller for Mrs Coade's Lambeth factory, while studying at the Royal Academy Schools. He later also worked for Wedgewood. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1770, and full Academician in 1777, and it was from around this time that he began to win major commissions for sculptural works, including in 1779 the monument to Chatham in Westminster Abbey.
NPG: D16070.
[Ref: 18954] £65.00