RICHARD WESTMACOTT (THE YOUNGER)

'Richard Westmacott (the younger)' (1799 - 19 April 1872) - also sometimes described as 'Richard Westmacott III' (to distinguish him from his father and grandfather - both sculptors bearing the same name) - was a prominent English sculptor of the early- and mid-19th century.
Born in London, he was the son of Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856), and followed closely in his father's footsteps: studying at the Royal Academy (from 1818), being elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy (in 1838) and a full Academician (in 1849), and then succeeding his father to serve as the RA's professor of sculpture (1857-1868) - the only time a RA professorship passed from father to son.
Among his most notable works is the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Other works include:

★ the tomb of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke at St Andrew's Church in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire

★ monument commemorating Sir John Franklin's lost Arctic expedition of 1845, now in the Chapel sacristy at Greenwich Hospital, south-east London
He is commemorated by a memorial in St Mary Abbots church in Kensington, west London.

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Royal Academy profile of Westmacott