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John Flaxman RA (1755 - 1826), sculptor
Model for a statue of William Pitt the Younger
Plaster
Height: 96.5cm
Width: 53.3cm
Width: 53.3cm
Museum number: M1087
On display: Colonnade - central aisle
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house.
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Curatorial note
William Pitt served as Prime Minister during the French Revolution and the first decade of the Napoleonic Wars and was referred to by Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynymound, 1st Earl of Minto, as ‘the Atlas of our reeling globe’, likening him to the Greek god who holds the world on his shoulders . Pitt was also an early patron of Soane and instrumental in securing for him the position of Surveyor and Architect to the Bank of England in 1788.
This statue was designed by Flaxman for the City of Glasgow.
This statue was designed by Flaxman for the City of Glasgow.
Literature
Helen Dorey ‘Soane and Flaxman’ in Flaxman: Master of the Purest Line, Exhibition Catalogue, Sir John Soane’s Museum 2003
Associated items
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