William Theed

William Theed the Younger ( * 1804 in Trentham, Staffordshire, † September 9, 1891 in Kensington ) was an English sculptor. He was the son of the sculptor and painter William Theed the Elder ( 1764-1817 ).

After studying at the Royal Academy School Theed worked for the sculptor Edward Hodges Baily. In 1826 he went to Rome, where he remained for 22 years and worked among others, Bertel Thorvaldsen and John Gibson.

Theed has created especially portrait statues and busts.

Works

  • Marble sculpture of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Windsor Castle
  • Colossal bronze statue of Prince Albert in Coburg and also a at Balmoral Castle
  • Marble statue of the Duchess of Kent, Victoria of Saxe- Coburg- Saalfeld, in Frogmore House
  • Marble monument of the Duchess of Gloucester in St. George's Chapel, Windsor
  • Colossal bronze statue of Isaac Newton in Grantham
  • Seated statue of Sir Humphrey Cheetham at the Cathedral in Manchester
  • Twelve bronze reliefs from English history in the House of Lords
  • The statesman Edmund Burke
  • The historian Henry Hallam at Saint Paul 's Cathedral
  • The statesman Sir James Mackintosh in Westminster Abbey
  • Sir William Peel in the hospital at Greenwich and colossal in Calcutta,
  • Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby in St. George's Hall in Liverpool
  • Colossal marble statue of Sir Robert Peel in Huddersfield
  • Africa on the Albert Memorial in London
  • The statue of Henry Booths for Liverpool
  • A marble group: Hagar and Ishmael
  • 1879 established in Manchester William Ewart Gladstone's Statue
  • British sculptor
  • Born in 1804
  • Died in 1891
  • Man
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