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John Bacon (1777–1859)
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Name
John Bacon
Died
1859
Education
Royal Academy of Arts
Role
1777–1859
Parents
John Bacon
John Bacon (1777–1859), also known as John Bacon Junior to distinguish him from his more famous father, was an English sculptor.
John Bacon Junior was the second son of the sculptor John Bacon. He entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of twelve. At fifteen, he exhibited his first work; at sixteen, he was awarded the silver medal of the Royal Academy; and, at seventeen, the gold. His prize work was a statue of Cassandra. His brother Thomas Bacon also exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1793–5. His father died in 1799 and John Bacon Jr. succeeded to his business. He finished such works as he found in progress, including the well-known statue of Lord Cornwallis and managed to secure ample patronage for himself. He ceased to exhibit at the Academy in 1824.
There are six of his monuments in St. Paul's Cathedral and many in Westminster Abbey.
From 1818 until 1843, he worked in partnership with his former pupil, Samuel Manning, but the work appears to be largely by Manning, taking advantage of Bacon's reputation but lacking the quality of Bacon's work.
He died in 1859.
He contributed articles on sculpture to Rees's Cyclopædia.
Works
John Bacon Junior's notable works include:
Monument to Captains Harvey and Hutt, Westminster Abbey, (1794)
Bust of his father, John Bacon RA, (1798)
Monument to Captain Edward Cooke, Westminster Abbey, (1799)
Monument to Admiral Thomas Totty, Westminster Abbey, (1802)
Monument to Lord Rokeby, Armagh Cathedral, (1802)
Monument to John and Richard Forbes, Westminster Abbey, (1803)
Statue of Marquess Cornwallis, Calcutta, (1803), copy in Bombay (1809)
Monument to Richard Solly, Worcester Cathedral, (1804)
Monument to John Burland, Wells Cathedral, (1804)
Monument to General Dundas, St Paul's Cathedral, (1805)
Monument to Captain George Duff, St Paul's Cathedral, (1806)
Monument to Lord Henniker, Rochester Cathedral, (1806)
Statue of William III, St. James's Square, (1808)
Monument to Admiral Richard Kempenfelt, Westminster Abbey, (1808)
Monument to Sir William Bensley, Bletchingley, Surrey, (1809)
Monument to Captain Bryan, Westminster Abbey, (1809)
Monument to Sir John Moore, St Paul's Cathedral, (1809)
Monument to General Manningham, Westminster Abbey (1809)
Statues of Marquess Wellesley, Calcutta and Bombay, (1809)
Monument to John Littlehales, Winchester Cathedral, (1810)
Monument to Charles Lawson, Manchester Cathedral, (1810)
Monument to Dr Plenderleath, Westminster Abbey, (1811)
Monument to General Crawfurd and General MacKinnon, St Paul's Cathedral, (1812)
Statue of George III, Bank of Ireland (1813)
Monument to Admiral Sir William Rowley, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, (1813)
Monument to George Fraser, Canterbury Cathedral, (1813)
Monument to Sir Thomas Trigge, Westminster Abbey, (1814)
Monument to Lutterell Wynne, Westminster Abbey cloisters, (1814)
Monument to Mary Markham, Westminster Abbey cloisters, (1814)
Monument to Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton, Westminster Abbey, (1815)
Monument to Bishop John Parsons, Balliol College, Oxford (1818)
Bust of Warren Hastings, Westminster Abbey, (1818)
Monument to Edward Madden, Chichester Cathedral, (1819)
Monument to Augusta Slade, Chester Cathedral, (1822)
Monument to Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, Stratton Audley, Oxfordshire, (1822)
