William Behnes information

William Behnes (1795 – 3 January 1864) was a British sculptor of the early 19th century. Born in London, Behnes was the son of a Hanoverian piano-maker...

artistic promise very early, learning sculpture from the age of 10 with William Behnes, starting to study devotedly the Elgin Marbles (later writing "It was...

000 a year each to widow and son. There is a statue of Havelock (by William Behnes) in Trafalgar Square, London. The plaque on the plinth reads: To Major...

Henry Behnes (c. 1800 – August 1837), later known as Henry B. Burlow, was a British sculptor. Born in London, Behnes was the son of a Hanoverian pianoforte-maker...

south-west corner in 1855, and Major-General Sir Henry Havelock by William Behnes in the south-east in 1861. In 2000, the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone...

medallions is that of William Wordsworth in St Oswald's Grasmere. Born in Hadleigh, Suffolk, Woolner trained with the sculptor William Behnes, exhibiting work...

Suzanne Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (1921–2010), writer and painter William Behnes (1795–1864), sculptor Julius Benedict (1804–1885), composer Maria Björnson...

as a choir boy at the Chapel Royal, London, and also studied under Dr. William Boyce. By the 1770s he had gained a reputation as a composer and an organist...

home town. He spent most of his career in London, where he worked for William Behnes and Sir Francis Chantrey, before taking over the latter's studio on...

Temple Church in London on 4 July. A statue of Follett executed by William Behnes was erected by subscription and placed in the north transept at Westminster...

Two contemporary portraits were made of Christie, an 1826 bust by William Behnes, which both Henry Corbould and Robert Graves sketched, and a 1821 drawing...

sympathies. He studied at St. Aloysius College, and learned sculpture from William Behnes. At the age of 20, he began to study natural history and later geology...

of William Behnes and John Henry Foley. He died of an epileptic seizure, aged only 40 and was buried with his parents at Sighthill Cemetery. William Mossman...

October 1833 and was buried in Tyringham Church with a monument carved by William Behnes. Cornwall portal Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies...

1 sculpture : Mercury and Psyche, Staatliche Museen, Berlin (url) William Behnes (1785–1864), 1 sculpture : Bust of George Henry Fitzroy, Private collection...

and Claneboye. He is buried in Westminster Abbey with a monument by William Behnes. Blackwood was married three times and left a large family. The Blackwood...

Aubyn, 5th Baronet, is buried at Crowan; his monument was carved by William Behnes. The three St Aubyn brasses (c. 1420, c. 1490 & c. 1550) are now at...

William Upcott (1779–1845) was an English librarian and antiquary. Born in Oxfordshire, he was the illegitimate son of Ozias Humphry by Delly Wickens...

American portrait painter, photographer and model (died 1953) January 3 – William Behnes, English sculptor (born 1795) January 6 – James Frothingham, American...

Town Hall. Near Hyde Park corner is a statue of Sir Robert Peel by William Behnes and at the opposite corner where Moorland Road meets Clarendon road...

Jonathon St. John Aubin (1928–1986) Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi (1757–1821) William Behnes (1795–1864) Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828) Henry Alexander Bowler...

argued with Chantrey and afterwards worked for Richard Westmacott, William Behnes and Edward Hodges Baily. According to his biographer, Henry Lonsdale...

sculpture. Both brothers served as studio assistants to the sculptor William Behnes. Foley exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time in 1839. Foley's...