James Sherwood Westmacott (1823–1900) was a British sculptor during the 19th century and part of the Westmacott dynasty stemming from

Richard Westmacott (the elder) Richard Westmacott (the elder) (1747–1808) was an 18th-century monumental sculptor and the beginning of a dynasty of one of Britain's most important sculpting families. He also specialised in fireplace design for many of England's grand count ...

Life

He was born in

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on 27 August 1823, the son of Henry Westmacott, a monumental sculptor, in turn the son of

. He studied sculpture under his uncle, Sir

Richard Westmacott Sir Richard Westmacott (15 July 17751 September 1856) was a British sculptor. Life and career Westmacott studied with his father, also named Richard Westmacott (the elder), Richard Westmacott, at his studio in Mount Street, off Grosvenor ...

, rather than his father, Richard being by far the more eminent sculptor. He made a study trip to Rome in 1849. He died at Longlands in

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on 16 August 1900.

Works

*Statues "

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" and "Richard I planting the Standard", for the

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Exhibition, 1844 *Statues of Geoffrey, Earl of Gloucester and Saher, Earl of Winchester,

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, 1848 *Bust of George Barnard, exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1854 *Bust of the Marquess of

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, 1858 *Font, St Mary's Church,

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, 1858 *Fountain Nymph, 1861Art Journal, 1861, p.216 *Monument to Owen Wethered, father of Thomas Owen Wethered,

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, 1862 *Statue of Alexander, the Mansion House, 1863 *Statue of Bomanjee Hormasjee,

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, 1865 *Monument to Gilbert East,

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, 1866 *Reredos, Little Wolston Church,

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, 1868 *Three figures (

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and

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) for the frontage of the Civil Service Buildings on Burlington Gardens,

, 1869 *Reredos,

Newcastle Cathedral Newcastle Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, is a Church of England cathedral in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. It is the seat of the Bishop of Newcastle and is the mother church of the Diocese of Newcastle. ...

, 1870 *Bust of J. Langton Down, 1883

Exhibitions

* Royal Academy, London, 1846–1885 *The

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of 1851 *"Peri at the Gates of Paradise", Paris Exhibition of 1855 *The International Exhibition, London, 1862

References

*Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660–1851, Rupert Gunnis *The Buildings of England, Nikolaus Pevsner

External links

*http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1202173155 {{DEFAULTSORT:Westmacott, James Sherwood 1823 births 1900 deaths British architectural sculptors Monumental masons 19th-century British sculptors British male sculptors 19th-century British male artists