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John Edward Carew (c. 1782 – 1 December 1868) was a notable

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during the 19th century. His most prominent work is ''The Death of Nelson'', one of the four

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panels on the pedestal of

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Life

Thought to be the son of a local stonemason and sculptor, Carew was born in

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near

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on the southern Irish coast. He studied art in

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. Around 1809, he came to

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to work for Sir

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. For part of the time which he worked with Westmacott he also had his own studio in the Edgware Road. In 1831 he moved to a studio in

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, to be nearer

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, home of

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who was his main patron from the mid-1820s until the earl's death in 1837. Carew later moved to Grove House near

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. When Lord Egremont died leaving no provision for him in his will, the sculptor sued the Earl's executors for £50,000. Ten thousand pounds of this was for "loss of time in the attendance on the late Lord Egremont". Carew claimed that he had not been properly paid for the sculptures made for Petworth, and that he had sacrificed commercial success by moving to Sussex to be near the earl. The defence produced evidence that Carew had been generously paid, t least £20,000 for completed works, and that Lord Egremont had done all he could to promote Carew's reputation. Carew's counsel withdrew the case. Carew was declared bankrupt in 1842. Petworth still has a superb collection of Carew's work in marble, including the neo-classical mythological subjects ''Arethusa'' (1823), ''Adonis and the Boar'' (1826), The ''Falconer'' (1831) and ''Prometheus and Pandora ''(1838), and a series of busts, among them a portrait of Egremont (1831). He also produced a monument to the Earl's

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ancestors in the baptistry of St Mary's, Petworth. In the years following the court case, Carew received several prominent public commissions, including the Royal Arms and the statue of

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for the façade of the Royal Exchange (1844), and a statue of

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for St Stephen's Hall in the

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(1857). He was selected to make the bronze relief of the death of

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, for the pedestal of

; it was installed in December 1849. For the Catholic cathedral at St John's, Newfoundland, Carew executed several statues and an elaborate altarpiece. Carew exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1812 until 1848 when his eyesight began to fail. He was buried in

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Works

*Bust of

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(1820) *Two chimneypieces for

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(1829) *Bust of Lord John Townshend in

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(1831) *Statue of

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Chichester Cathedral
/ref> (1832) *Bust of Captain Marryat RN (1834) *Statue of

in St Stephen's Hall,

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(1844) *Statue of

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for the

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Theatre (1833) *Statue of Sir Richard Whittington for the Royal Exchange, London, (1844) *Bust of Lady

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(1846) *Statue of John Curran in

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(1856) Church work includes: *Memorial of General Sir John Floyd in St James' Church, Hampstead Road (1818) *Memorial to

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in Moredun, Surrey (1828) *Memorial to Rear Admiral Richard Willis in

Parish Church (1829) *Memorial to Edmund Woods in

(1834) *Memorial to the Percy family of

Parish Church (1837) *Memorial to Sir Henry Tichborne in

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(1845) *Memorial to Michael Nugent in

(1846) *Memorial to the

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(1847) *Monument with figures to Sir Thomas Caryll, Shipley Church,

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(1831) *''Baptism of Christ'' for

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(1835) *

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in the

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, London (1853) *Four works – statue of ''St. John the Baptist'', the ''Immaculate Conception'' (erected 1858), ''St Francis of Assisi'' and ''St. Patrick'' – in Basilica of St. John the Baptist,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Carew, John Edward 1785 births 1868 deaths Irish sculptors Neoclassical sculptors Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery