Patrick MacDowell RA
Other names: M'Dowell
Born 12 August 1799
Died 9 December 1870
Active: 1830 - 1870
Country of birth: Ireland
Country of death: England
Sculptor
Born in Belfast. In 1807 MacDowell studied at a school run by an engraver called Gordon in Belfast who encouraged his interest in drawing. Forced to take up a trade by his family, MacDowell served over four years of an apprenticeship as a coach builder.
He later became a pupil of Frances Chenu where he began to practise modelling. In (1830-32) he entered the Royal Academy Schools on the recommendation of John Constable.
MacDowell established a flourishing practice completing many ideal works and portrait busts (see Roscoe, 2009, for detailed list). His most eminent patrons were Sir James Emmerson Tennant, MP for Belfast and Sir Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, MP for Northumberland. MacDowell died at his home in Wood Lane, Highgate, London.
Wealth at death: £300 0s. 0d.
Effects under this amount
Probate date: 21 January 1871
Works
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Sketch Design for a Statue of Leah
Early Sorrow
1851
Early Sorrow
1853
Exhibited 'Early Sorrow' at the Exhibition of Art-Industry in Ireland, 1853.
Citing this record
'Patrick MacDowell RA', 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_1202171401, accessed 24 May 2022]
