TY - BOOK ID - 85469151 TI - Memorials of Sir Francis Chantrey, R. A : Sculptor in Hallamshire and Elsewhere PY - 1851 SN - 1139857096 1108064442 PB - Place of publication not identified : Cambridge : publisher not identified, Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sculpture KW - Sculptors KW - Stonework, Decorative KW - Art KW - Bas-relief KW - Statues KW - Sculpture, Primitive UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85469151 AB - Originally published in 1851, partly with the aim of correcting certain mistakes in painter George Jones's 1849 tribute (also reissued in this series), this work commemorates Norton-born sculptor Sir Francis Chantrey (1781-1841), whose illustrious career began in nearby Sheffield. His most celebrated works include The Sleeping Children in Lichfield Cathedral, his statue of James Watt, and his busts of Sir Walter Scott and John Horne Tooke. An enthusiast for his country's art, Chantrey left a generous bequest to the Royal Academy which allowed for the purchase of numerous works of British art, now held by the Tate. The author John Holland (1794-1872), himself a Sheffield man, wrote with a passion for local history and topography. Here, his delight in the 'absolutely or comparatively trivial' lends a curious local slant to his delineation of the sculptor's background, entry into the profession, later working life and burial back in Norton. ER -