Richard Westmacott (the younger)


Richard Westmacott RA – also sometimes described as Richard Westmacott III – was a prominent English sculptor of the early and mid-19th century.

Life

Born in London, he was the son of Sir Richard Westmacott, and followed closely in his father's footsteps: studying at the Royal Academy, being elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy and a full Academician, and then succeeding his father to serve as the RA's professor of sculpture – the only time an RA professorship passed from father to son.
Among his most notable works is the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Other works include:
, St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1837, his candidacy citation saying that he was "Richard Westmacott Junr Esqr of 21 Wilton Place Belgrave Square, Sculptor, Author of the Article "Sculpture" in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana, and of various Essays and Articles on Art, and Antiquity, a gentleman devoted to Science in general, and the fine Arts in particular"
He is commemorated by a memorial in St Mary Abbots church in Kensington, west London.

Works