Statue of John Wesley
1850-1900 / John Wesley / Metal / Other / Sculpture / Wesley's Chapel
Bronze, marble
Modelled and sculpted by John Adams Acton (1830-1910), 1891
This statue of John Wesley was sculpted by John Adams-Acton (1830-1910) for the forecourt of Wesley's Chapel in 1891. The bronze plinth is inscribed: "The World is My Parish".
Adams-Acton exhibited at the Royal Academy and sculpted the Wesley memorial in Westminster Abbey, the Cruikshank memorial in St Paul's Cathedral and a memorial of Cardinal Manning in Westminster Cathedral. He was well-known as a modeller and sculptor of public figures in Victorian Britain.
Modelled and sculpted by John Adams Acton (1830-1910), 1891
This statue of John Wesley was sculpted by John Adams-Acton (1830-1910) for the forecourt of Wesley's Chapel in 1891. The bronze plinth is inscribed: "The World is My Parish".
Adams-Acton exhibited at the Royal Academy and sculpted the Wesley memorial in Westminster Abbey, the Cruikshank memorial in St Paul's Cathedral and a memorial of Cardinal Manning in Westminster Cathedral. He was well-known as a modeller and sculptor of public figures in Victorian Britain.
