biography
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| (1755–1826)
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| biography:
| Sculptor and illustrator, born in York, North Yorkshire, N England, UK. He studied at the Royal Academy, and thereafter was constantly engaged upon sculpture, but his chief source of income was the Wedgwood house, which he furnished with renowned pottery designs. He also studied at Rome (1787–94), where he began his illustrations to the Iliad and Odyssey (1793), and other works. In 1810 he became professor of sculpture at the Royal Academy. |
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