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Flaxman, John
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
or An eminent sculptor, born at York; was brought up in London, where his father carried on business as a moulder of plaster figures; his love of drawing and modelling soon marked him out as an artist, and helped by friends he devoted himself to art; exhibited at the age of 12, and won the silver medal of the Royal Academy at 14; for some years he supplied the Wedgwoods with designs for their famous pottery, and in 1787 he went to Rome, which for seven years became his home; in 1810 became professor of Sculpture to the Royal Academy; besides many fine statues of eminent men and much exquisite work in bas-reliefs, he executed a series of noble designs illustrating Homer, Dante, and Æschylus; he was a Swedenborgian by religious creed (1755-1826).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Flaxman, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/f/flaxman-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
