Awarded the first gold medal for sculpture by the Royal Academy in 1769. Other works: Samuel Johnson (1796) in St Paul's Cathedral. Ornamental Passions writes : "John Bacon was the son of a clothworker in Southwark who became rich and famous churning out memorials for churches. Philip Ward-Jackson has written of him: "His great abilities as a sculptor were disagreeably offset by what some saw as a smug and smarmily pious manner."
His second son was John Bacon the Younger.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John Bacon the Elder
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
John Bacon the Elder
Bronze statue erected in 1789 showing the king who had commissioned the rebui...
This statue shows King Billy's horse about to trip over a mole-hill and throw...
Sculptor and painter. Born Hackney. Other work in London: Heston war memorial.
Sculptor active in 1938 - 50. In 1938 he was living in Belfast. With no image of Brown available on-line we are pleased to use the photo of his 1950 lost mermaid.
Sculptor. Born Forest Gate. His cousin was a cinema architect which probably explains a number of theatrical commissions. Married Hilda, sister of Gilbert Ledward. Other work in London includes...
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