William Trotter of Ballandean by Samuel Joseph

Samuel Joseph (1791 – 1 July 1850) was a British sculptor, working in the early 19th century.

Life

Very little is known about Joseph's early life. He was a pupil of Peter Rouw, and attended the

Royal Academy Schools The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...

in 1811, gaining the silver medal there in both 1811 and 1812. In 1815 he won the gold medal for "Eve Supplicating Forgiveness". In 1823 he went to

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, becoming a founding member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1826. During this time he taught Alexander Handyside Ritchie. He left Edinburgh in 1829 to set up a bigger and more prestigious studio in

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. His most famous and noted work is the statue of

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, created in 1838. A plaster copy of it also exists in St John's College, Cambridge. He exhibited in the Royal Academy from 1811 to 1846, and the Royal Scottish Academy from 1827 to 1835. He was declared bankrupt in 1848 and forced to sell most of his belongings. He died in London on 1 July 1850, leaving seven children. The Royal Academy granted a pension to his widow, which continued until her death, 13 years later. A wax portrait of Samuel Joseph by T. Smith was exhibited in 1828 at the Royal Academy. He is known to have trained the

sculptor Peter Slater.

Principal works

* Monument to William Vassall, Battersea Parish Church, 1800 * Bust of his tutor's son, Master T. Rouw, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1811 * Monument to Rev John Tattershall,

Otterden Otterden is a civil parish and village on the Kent Downs in the borough of Maidstone in Kent, England. History Otterden is mentioned in the Domesday Book under Kent in the lands belonging to Adam FitzHubert. The book which was written in 1086 sai ...

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, 1812 * Bust of

Edmund Kean Edmund Kean (4 November 178715 May 1833) was a celebrated British Shakespearean stage actor born in England, who performed, among other places, in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris. He was known for his short stature, tumultuo ...

for Drury Lane, 1815 * Bust of Lord Beresford, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1819 * Bust of General Sir

Lowry Cole Hon. Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole, (1 May 1772 – 4 October 1842) was an Anglo-Irish British Army general and politician. Early life Cole was the second son of an Irish peer, William Willoughby Cole, 1st Earl of Enniskillen (1 March 1736&ndas ...

, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1819 * Monument to Rev

Granville Wheler Granville Wheler (August 1701 – 12 May 1770) was an English clergyman and scientist. Life He was third son of Sir George Wheler, born in August 1701, and was educated in Durham where his father was a canon at Durham Cathedral. He was admitted ...

, Kent, 1820 * Bust of

Michael Angelo Taylor Michael Angelo Taylor (1757 – 16 July 1834) was an English politician and MP for Poole. He favored parliamentary reform and was made a privy councillor in 1831. Life He was a son of Sir Robert Taylor (1714–1788), the architect, and his wif ...

, exhibited in Royal Scottish Academy, 1821 * Bust of

Henry Mackenzie Henry Mackenzie FRSE (August 1745 – 14 January 1831, born and died in Edinburgh) was a Scottish lawyer, novelist and writer sometimes seen as the Addison of the North. While remembered mostly as an author, his main income came from legal rol ...

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, 1822 * Bust of Charles Matthews, National Portrait Gallery, 1822 * Bust of Mr Liston, exhibited at Royal Academy, 1824 * Bust of Lord John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, exhibited at Royal Academy, 1824 * Bust of

Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy' ...

, Preston Hall near Edinburgh, 1825 * Bust of Sir Henry Wellwood,

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, 1825 * Bust of Robert Stevenson (civil engineer), for

Bell Rock Lighthouse The Bell Rock Lighthouse, off the coast of Angus, Scotland, is the world's oldest surviving sea-washed lighthouse. It was built between 1807 and 1810 by Robert Stevenson on the Bell Rock (also known as Inchcape) in the North Sea, east of the ...

, 1828 * Bust of the

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, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1830 * Bust of Sir Herbert Taylor, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1830 * Small bronze of

John Flaxman John Flaxman (6 July 1755 – 7 December 1826) was a British sculptor and draughtsman, and a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several ye ...

, York Art Gallery, 1830 * Bust of King

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, exhibited in Suffolk Street Galleries, 1831. * Bust of

Davies Gilbert Davies Gilbert (born Davies Giddy, 6 March 1767 – 24 December 1839) was an English engineer, author, and politician. He was elected to the Royal Society on 17 November 1791 and served as President of the Royal Society from 1827 to 1830. He ...

, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1831 * Bust of Rev Jonathan Brooks, exhibited in Liverpool Academy, 1832 * Monument to Rev Latham Wainwright,

Great Brickhill Great Brickhill is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is on the border with the City of Milton Keynes, located south-east of Central Milton Keynes, and in the same direction from Fenny Str ...

, Bucks, 1833 * Bust of Lord Brougham, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1833 * Bust of

, School for the Blind,

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, 1833 * Monument to Agnes Wilberforce,

East Farleigh East Farleigh is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Maidstone, Kent, England. The village is located on the south side of the River Medway about two miles (3.2 km) upstream from the town of Maidstone. Heritage The ...

, Kent, 1834 * Bust of King

William IV William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...

Penshurst Place Penshurst Place is a historic building near Penhurst, Kent, south east of London, England. It is the ancestral home of the Sidney family, and was the birthplace of the great Elizabethan poet, courtier and soldier, Sir Philip Sidney. The ori ...

, 1834 * Bust of King

, United Service Club, London, 1834 * Bust of Sir

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, 1837 * Bust of Lady De L'Isle and Dudley,

, Kent, 1838 * Statue of

, 1838 * Bust of Colonel Gurwood,

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, 1840 * Bust of Rev Archibald Alison,

, 1841 * Bust of Sir David Wilkie,

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, 1842 * Statue of Sir David Wilkie in

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, 1843 * Bust of the

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, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1844 * Statue of Hon Elizabeth Eliot, Port Eliot, Cornwall exhibited in Royal Academy, 1838 * Statue of Sir

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, Royal Exchange, London, 1845 * Bronze bust of Prof

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, date unknown * Bust of

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Petworth House Petworth House in the parish of Petworth, West Sussex, England, is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house, rebuilt in 1688 by Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, and altered in the 1870s to the design of the architect Anthony Sa ...

, date unknown * Bust of

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, Hants, date unknown * Bust of

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, Old College,

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, date unknown

References

* Gunnis, Rupert (1953). ''

Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 The ''Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851'' is a biographical dictionary of sculptors active in Britain in the period between the Restoration of Charles II and the Great Exhibition of 1851. It has appeared in three editions, published in ...

External links

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