Francis Leggatt Chantrey
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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 n
Portrait of Francis Leggatt Chantrey by Thomas Phillips, 1818
King George IV by Chantrey, Trafalgar Square, London
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
John Raphael Smith
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John Raphael Smith was a British painter and mezzotinter. He was the son of the landscape painter Thomas Smith and the father of John Rubens Smith, a painter who emigrated to the United States.
Francis Leggatt Chantrey
…as a carver instead, and was placed with a woodcarver and gilder called Ramsay in Sheffield. At Ramsay's house he met the draughtsman and engraver John Raphael Smith who recognised his artistic potential and gave him lessons in painting, and was later to help advance his career by introducing him to potential patrons…
Sculpture by Sir Francis Chantrey in the V&A
Self-Portrait, c. 1807, pastel, National Portrait Gallery, London
Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant, Captain of the Six Nations
Edward Jenner