Samuel Percy - Charles James Fox - B2013

Samuel Percy (1750–1820) was an Irish-born sculptor mainly working as a wax-modeller in England. He has a unique style, creating three dimensional miniature portraits in coloured wax.

Life

Samuel Percy - A Race of Chimney-sweeps on Donkeys - Google Art Project

He was born and raised in

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and trained at the Dublin Society's Schools, exhibiting from 1772. He left Ireland and moved to

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around 1785 and lived there for the rest of his life.Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.299/300 He exhibited in the

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from 1786 to 1804. He died suddenly of

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in 1820.

Works

*Abraham offering Isaac (1772) *Portrait of the Emperor and Empress of Russia (1788) *Portrait of

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*Portrait of

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(1795) at

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*Portrait of Queen Charlotte (1795) at

*Model for Monument to Admiral Nelson (1806) *Portrait of Joshua McGough of Drumsill (1811) *A Woman with Children Gathering Apples at

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and ...

*Portrait of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales (1814)

National Portrait Gallery, London The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London housing a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. It was arguably the first national public gallery dedicated to portraits in the world when it ...

*Portrait of Mrs Elizabeth Best (dnk) at

*Portrait of Richard Reynolds of Bristol (1817)

*The Death of

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(dnk) *The Three Musicians (dnk) *Portrait of Lady Barrington (dnk) at

*Portrait of Sir Arthur Paget (dnk) at

*Portrait of Sir Charles Morgan at

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(dnk) *The Progress of Inebriety (a series of at least three panels) *Frederick the Great in his Last Illness *A Blind Beggar *Dead Christ *Portrait of Count

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*Portrait of the Duke of Leeds *Portrait of Judge James Eyre *Portrait of Judge Wilson *Portrait of Lord Romney *Portrait of Lord Kenyon *Portrait of the

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*Portrait of Tom Paine *Portrait of Lord Thurlow *Portrait of the actor John Henderson *Portrait of Lady Menteith *Portrait of General William Haviland *Portrait of Admiral Reddam *Portrait of Lord Rockingham *Portrait of Prince Leopold (1820)

Family

Not known

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Percy, Samuel 1750 births 1830 deaths People from Dublin (city) British sculptors