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See also:- BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
BACON, See also:JOHN (1740–1799) , See also:British sculptor, was See also:born in See also:Southwark on the 24th of See also:November 1740, the son of See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas
Bacon, a See also:cloth-worker, whose forefathers possessed a considerable See also:estate in See also:Somersetshire. At the See also:age of fourteen he was See also:bound apprentice in Mr Crispe's manufactory of See also:porcelain at See also:Lambeth, where he was at first employed in See also:painting the small ornamental pieces of See also:china, but by his See also:great skill in moulding he soon attained the distinction of being modeller to the See also:work. While engaged in the porcelain See also:works his observation of the See also:models executed by different sculptors of See also:eminence, which were sent to be burned at an adjoining pottery, determined the direction of his See also:genius; he devoted himself to the See also:imitation of them with so much success that in 1758 a small figure of See also:Peace sent by him to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts received a See also:prize, and the highest premiums given by that society were adjudged to him nine
times between the years 1763 and 1776. During his apprentice-See also:ship he also improved the method of working statues in artificial
See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone, an See also:art which he afterwards carried to perfection. Bacon first attempted working in See also:marble about the See also:year 1763, and during the course of his See also:early efforts in this art was led to improve the method of transferring the See also:form of the See also:model to the marble (technically " getting out the points") by the invention of a more perfect See also:instrument for the purpose. This instrument possessed many advantages above those formerly employed; it was more exact, took a correct measurement in every direction, was contained in a small See also:compass, and could be used upon either the model or the marble. In the year 1769 he was adjudged the first See also:gold See also:medal for See also:sculpture given by the Royal See also:Academy, his work being a bas-See also:relief representing the See also:- ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli
escape of See also:Aeneas from See also:Troy. In 1770 he exhibited a figure of See also:Mars, which gained him the gold medal of the Society of Arts and his See also:election as A.R.A. As a consequence of this success he was engaged to execute a bust of See also:George III., intended for See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford. He secured the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's favour and retained it throughout See also:life. Considerable See also:jealousy was entertained against him by other sculptors, and he was commonly charged with See also:ignorance of classic See also:style. This See also:charge he repelled by the See also:execution of a See also:noble See also:head of See also:Jupiter Tonans, and many of his emblematical figures are in perfect classical See also:taste. He died on the 4th of See also:August 1799 and was buried in See also:Whitfield's See also:Tabernacle. His various productions which may be studied in St See also:Paul's See also:cathedral, See also:London, Christ Church and See also:Pembroke See also:College, Oxford, the See also:Abbey church, See also:Bath,
-BACON, L.
and See also:Bristol cathedral, give ample testimony to his See also:powers. Perhaps his best works are to be found among the monuments in See also:Westminster Abbey.
See See also:Richard See also:Cecil, See also:Memoirs of John Bacon, R.A. (London, 18o1) ; and also vol. i. of R. Cecil's works, ed. J. See also:Pratt (1811).
End of Article: BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
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