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Joseph Wilton RA (1722 - 1803)
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Joseph Wilton was the first English sculptor to study in the great Academies of Europe and was a Founder Member of the Royal Academy.
Born in London in 1722, Wilton trained abroad in the absence of a tradition of sculpture in Britain. He studied first in France (1744–47) before moving on to Rome, where he produced casts and copies of antique statuary for English and Irish grand tourists. In 1751 he moved to Florence, where he guided grand tourists (including the young architect Robert Adam) through the great collections.
In 1755 Wilton returned to London in the company of future Academicians William Chambers and G. B. Cipriani, and secured his reputation in the late 1750s by beating several illustrious competitors in the competition to make a monument to General Wolfe in Westminster Abbey (finally unveiled in 1773). He was appointed as sculptor in ordinary to George III in 1761 and effectively became scu
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- Joseph Wilton RA (16 July – 25 November ) was an English sculptor.
| Joseph Wilton RA (16 July 1722 – 25 November 1803) was an English sculptor. | |
| Joseph Wilton RA (16 July 1722 – 25 November 1803) was an English sculptor. | |
| Joseph Wilton was born on 16th July 1722 in Charing Cross. |
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- Joseph Wilton was the first English sculptor to study in the great Academies of Europe and was a Founder Member of the Royal Academy.
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- Among Wilton’s friends were Louis François Roubiliac, who made his portrait bust (plaster, c.1760; Royal Academy), and the architect William Chambers, for whose monuments to the Duke of Bedford at Chenies, Bucks (1765–7), and the Earl and Countess Mountrath in Westminster Abbey (1766–71), he executed the sculpture; Wilton’s workshop.