John Bacon was a British sculptor who worked in the late 18th century. Bacon has been reckoned the founder of the British School of sculpture. He won numerous awards, held the esteem of George III, an
portrait by John Russell
Bacon's sculpture of Father Thames in Coade stone, in the grounds of Ham House
Statue at Guy Hospital
Sculpture of Old Father Thames in the forecourt of Ham House geograph.org.uk 3358670
Thomas Gray
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Thomas Gray was an English poet, letter-writer, and classical scholar at Cambridge University, being a fellow first of Peterhouse then of Pembroke College. He is widely known for his Elegy Written in
Portrait by John Giles Eccardt, 1747–1748
Plaque marking Thomas Gray's birthplace at 39 Cornhill, London
Monument, in Stoke Poges, inscribed with Gray's Elegy
William Blake's illustration for Thomas Gray