Edward Hodges Baily

Edward Hodges Baily RA ( born March 10, 1788 in Bristol, † May 22 1867 in Holloway, London ) was an English sculptor.

Life

Baily went in 1807 to London to become a pupil of the sculptor John Flaxman. In 1809 he went to the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1809 he won the silver medal of the Royal Academy of Arts, in 1811 he received the Gold Medal of the Royal Academy for the group Heracles, the Admetus Alcestis back the leader. This and its 1821 issued Eve at the source, now in the Art Institute to Bristol (Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery ) was preserved, established his reputation. Baily modeled the statue of Nelson on the Corinthian column in Trafalgar Square, the monument Lord Holland in Westminster Abbey and other portrait statues and busts.

Baily was on 10 February 1821 to the December 1, 1862 elected member of the Royal Academy of Arts. 1842 Baily was elected as a member ( "Fellow" ) to the Royal Society. He died on 22 May 1867 in Holloway, London and was buried in London's Highgate Cemetery.

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