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The lives of the British sculptors, and those who have worked in England from the earliest days to Sir Francis Chantrey (1911)

Chancellor, E. Beresford (Edwin Beresford), 1868-1937 · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 146

An illustration from The lives of the British sculptors, and those who have worked in England from the earliest days to Sir Francis Chantrey, 1911, leaf 146 — ancis Bird. He seems firstto have lived in St. Martins Lane, but in 1741 he removedto more commodious premises in Vine Street. It wasabout the year 1733 that he attempted to gain thecommission for the statue of King William. Notimprobably the disappointment attending his failure inthis (although,… … - t \^^? - ? ■ ^ /-■ s\ peter scheemakers SCHEEMAKERS 107 for in 1735 he returned to England, where he residedwithout a break till 1770. His second appearance herewas the first pause given to the hitherto unchallengedpopularity of Rysbrack, the work by which the newman achieved his first success…

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