Sculptor. Also known as John Bacon Junior to distinguish him from his father.
Bacon, John, 1777-1859
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Palmer :Venus from a statue by Mr Bacon / Palmer delin. Bartolozzi sculp. [ca 1800]
Date: 1853 - 1795 - 1860 - 1805
From: Medley, Edward Shuttleworth, 1838-1910 :Drawing book. 1854 [to 1860].
By: Bacon, John, 1777-1859; Bartolozzi, Gaetano-Stefano, 1757-1821
Reference: E-406-q-023
Description: Engraving showing a frontal view of a full-length sculpture by John Bacon of Venus. She is naked and has a shell in her right hand and her feet on the head of a dolphin. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Venus From a statue by Mr Bacon - Palmer delin; Bartolozzi sculp. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) (loose). Physical Description: Engraving, 217 x 134 mm on sheet 250 x 167 mm
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Rawle, Samuel, 1771-1860 :The equestrian statue in bronze of King William the Third, no...
Date: 1808
From: Medley, Edward Shuttleworth, 1838-1910 :Drawing book. 1854 [to 1860].
By: Rawle, Samuel, 1771-1860
Reference: E-406-q-022
Description: A side view of a sculpture of William III of England on horseback. The king is dressed in the uniform of a Roman solider and has a laurel wreath on his head. The base of the sculpture includes the words 'J. Bacon Jun.r Sculptor' and the plinth has the king's name in Latin, 'Gulielmus III'. A pencil note on reverse states 'Done by ancestor of J. Bacon R. A.' Inscriptions: Recto - above image - European Magazine vo. 54; Recto - centre - J Bacon Jun' Sculptor; Recto - beneath image - Drawn & engraved by S Rawle. The Equestrian statue in bronze of King William the Third, now Erecting in St James's Square. Published by J Asperne at the Bible Crown and constitution, Cernhill August 1 1808. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) (loose). Physical Description: Engraving 180 x 110 mm on sheet 300 x 222 mm
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Russell, John, 1745-1806 :John Bacon Esq R A / engraved by J Collyer ARA. Painted by J ...
Date: 1795 - 1805
From: Medley, Edward Shuttleworth, 1838-1910 :Drawing book. 1854 [to 1860].
By: Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827; Russell, John, 1745-1806
Reference: E-406-q-016
Description: Portrait of English sculptor John Bacon the younger Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 300 x 220 mm (page size)