Sir Richard Westmacott RA, HRHA
Born 15 July 1775
Died 1 September 1856
Active: 1789 - 1856
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in London.
Wealth at death: £12,500 0s. 0d.
Part of his fortune settled on his children on marriage. In his will: a settlement of £12,500 on daughters, Dorothy and Eliza, £1,100 to his son Spencer and £100p.a. to son, Robert Marsh. South Audley St. house made over to his son Richard Westmacott III.
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
4 November 1805 - 11 February 1811
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
11 February 1811 - 1856
Elected to membership of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1835
RHA catalogues first list RHA members and office holders in 1835. In 1835 Westmacott listed as an HRHA.
Professor of sculpture at Royal Academy of Arts
1827 - 1856
See Popp and Valentine, 'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership', (1996), pp. 127-128.
Personal and Professional Connections
Mother/father/parent of Richard Westmacott, the Younger
See Popp and Valentine, 'Royal Academy of Arts Directory of Membership', (1996), pp. 127-128.
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 1356-66
Royal Academy of Arts. Directory of Membership from the Foundation in 1768 to 1995 including Honorary Members, 1996
1996
pp. 127-128.
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1851 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1851
Citing this record
'Sir Richard Westmacott RA, HRHA', 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=msib4_1254302199, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
