John Graham Lough
Born 8 January 1798
Died 8 April 1876
Active: 1826 - 1870
Sculptor
Born at Black Hedley Port, Greenhead, Shotley, Northumberland. He was apprenticed (c.1815-c.1823) to a stonemason, Jonathan Marshall of Shotley Field. In 1826 Lough entered the Royal Academy Schools. He achieved early success through the support of the painter, Benjamin Robert Haydon who organised exhibitions of the young sculptor's work.
In 1834 Lough and his family moved to Italy where he worked for three years in Rome. On his return he re-established his practice in London and had a long and productive career, although never quite regaining the reputation he had enjoyed prior to moving to Italy. (See Roscoe for a detailed list of works.) Lough created a tondo of the Fall of Phaeton which is installed in the porch of 10 Carlton House Terrace (now part of the British Academy). He died at his home at 42 Harewood Square, London.
For a reference to the tondo at 10 Carlton House Terrace, see http://www.britac.ac.uk/about/guide/history.cfm (accessed 17 December 2013).
Wealth at death: £7,000 0s. 0d.
Died leaving less than £7,000.
Probate date: 20 May 1876
Works
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Sketch Design for a Statue of Comus
Monument to George Stephenson, Newcastle
Bust of Sir John Lawrence
1860 (Circa)
Bust of Robert Stephenson
1860 (Circa)
Lost Lions at Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London
Lough was originally chosen to design the Lions before the commission was passed on to Sir Edwin Landseer by Her Majesty's Government
Locations
Address 42 Harewood Square Marylebone London | View on map
1845 (Circa) - 1876
Principal address between these dates
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at Annual Festival at the Guildhall, London, November 1851
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1826 - 1863
Exhibited 21 times (8 times from 1851), on average more than two works per year, a mixture of portrait busts and ideal works.
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Institute of British Sculptors
Not a member in 1861, but possibly a member before or after this date
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Leonard Cure Wyon
Lough as the 'designer of a Portrait-medal of Edward Forbes, engraved by L. C. Wyon, in 1854': see Forrer, vol. 3, (1907), p. 480.
Assumption made that this is John Graham Lough
Studio assistant to William Behnes
Either assistant or pupil
Descriptions of Practice
Listed in Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume III, 1907 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as the 'designer of a Portrait-medal of Edward Forbes, engraved by L. C. Wyon, in 1854': see Forrer, vol. 3, (1907), p. 480.
Assumption made that this is John Graham Lough
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1365
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1803
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 750-8
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
List of Members: Institute of British Sculptors (or Sculptor's Institute)
2008 (Circa)
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Martin Greenwood, ‘Lough, John Graham (1798–1876)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17032, accessed 29 July 2009]
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p. 1365
Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p. 1803
Rules of the Institute of Sculptors
1861
p. iv (confirms he was not a member in 1861)
The Builder, Vol. 17, 26 February 1859
26 February 1859
p. 151
The Builder, Vol. 17, 7 May 1859
7 May 1859
p. 317
The Builder, Vol. 18, 31 March 1860
31 March 1860
p. 204
The Builder, Vol. IX, No. 459, 22 November 1851
22 November 1851
p. 743
The Builder, Vol. XI, No. 531, 9 April 1853
9 April 1853
p. 228
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 5: Lawrence to Nye
1906
pp. 94-95 - listed variously as T. G. Lough, S. G. Lough as well as J. G. Lough and John Graham Lough
Citing this record
'John Graham Lough', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1202171358, accessed 01 Apr 2023]
