Richard Westmacott, the Younger RA
Born 1799
Died 19 April 1872
Active: 1818 - 1871
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Grosvenor Square, London. Died at 1 Kensington Gate, Hyde Park, London. Trained in his father's studio and at the Royal Academy Schools (admitted in 1818). From 1820-6 he studied and worked in Italy at his father's instigation. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1837.
Wealth at death: £25,000 0s. 0d.
Effects under this amount
Probate date: 18 May 1872
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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David with the Head of Goliath
The late Earl Talbot, KG (As Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland)
Brigadier-General Cureton, CB, 16th Lancers - fell in action at Ramnuggur, 1848
Locations
Address 21 Wilton Place London SW England | View on map
1830 - 1855 (Circa)
Address 1 Kensington Gate London England | View on map
1861 - 1872
Died at this address.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
'David with the Head of Goliath'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
'A sketch for an enriched salver, in gold and ivory'
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
5 November 1838 - 10 February 1849
Elected RA in 1849.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
10 February 1849 - 22 March 1871
Retired in 1871.
Lectured at Royal Academy Schools
16 February 1860 - 1868
Delivered six lectures between February and March annually from 1860 to 1868, as Professor of Sculpture: see the Royal Academy 'Annual Reports'.
Member of Institute of British Sculptors
1861 (Circa)
Member of council Royal Academy of Arts
1867 - 1869
Served as a Member of the Council. See the Royal Academy 'Annual Reports'.
Professor of sculpture at Royal Academy of Arts
1857 - June 1868
See Popp and Valentine, 'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership', (1996), pp. 127-128, and the Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1869), p. 22.
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
13 March 1818 - 1838 (Circa)
Start date is given in Popp and Valentine, 'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership', (1996), pp. 127-128. Elected A.R.A. in 1838.
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Richard Westmacott
See Popp and Valentine, 'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership', (1996), pp. 127-128.
Nominator of Edward Davis
24 May 1867
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Retired / Royal Academician & Professor of Sculpture'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Royal Academician'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 1366-71
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians 1862, 1863 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1863
pp. 12, 16
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians 1863, 1864 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1864
pp. 15, 18
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Years 1865 and 1866, 1867 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1867
pp. 11, 39, 42
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
HO107 piece 732 folio 3/6 page 5
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 17 folio 5 page 11
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 29 folio 63 page 48
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Richard Westmacott
Probate Date: 18 May 1872
Death Date: 19 Apr 1872
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1365
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1867.
Royal Academy of Arts. Directory of Membership from the Foundation in 1768 to 1995 including Honorary Members, 1996
1996
pp. 127-128.
Rules of the Institute of Sculptors
1861
p. iv
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
Citing this record
'Richard Westmacott, the Younger 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_1202173188, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
