Statuette of John Wesley
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1850-1900 / John Wesley / Metal / Other / Sculpture / Wesley's Chapel
Metal
Modelled by John Adams-Acton (1830-1910), c.1890-91
This statuette of John Wesley was a maquette or model sculpted by John Adams-Acton (1830-1910). The maquette served as the model for the statue of John Wesley in the courtyard of Wesley's Chapel, which was sculpted in 1891.
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 by John Adams-Acton (1830-1910), c.1890-91
This statuette of John Wesley was a maquette or model sculpted by John Adams-Acton (1830-1910). The maquette served as the model for the statue of John Wesley in the courtyard of Wesley's Chapel, which was sculpted in 1891.
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.
