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...
born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Probably his best known work is the Statue of Eric Morecambe, unveiled by Queen Elizabeth II in Morecambe, Lancashire.
Sculptor. Born Scotland. More of his work can be seen at the picture source website.
Sculptor. Other works in London include: Fishergirl and Fisherman in the staircase niches at Fishmonger's Hall; three bas-reliefs in Portland stone in the main entrance of the Old Bailey; a memoria...
Artist. Gillian C. Wearing, CBE, RA, was born on 6 December 1963 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, (now Birmingham, West Midlands), a daughter of Bryan J. Wearing and Jean R. Wearing née Gregory. She c...
Private. Number 1538, of the London Regiment, 15th County of London Batallion. Birth registered at St Saviour, Southwark. He is buried in plot III, A, 17 of St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos. IWM have ...
Alderman, J.P. and Mayor of West Ham in November 1905. London Wikia records: Businessman and local politician. Born Canning Town, he was made a partner in the business founded by his father, which...
Poet. Born 47 Campden House Court, Kensington. The Evening Standard carries a very critical review of a 2012 edition of Spender's journals. Died at home at 15 Loudoun Road, St John's Wood , or i...
Rosina Sarah Cooper was born on 4 March 1906, a daughter of William Henry Cooper and Sarah Ann Cooper née Hutchins (1872-1940) whose birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1906 in the Southwark...
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