William Theed the Younger
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 graduating from the Royal Academy School , Theed worked for the sculptor Edward Hodges Baily . In 1826 he went to Rome , where he stayed for 22 years and worked for Bertel Thorvaldsen and John Gibson , among others .
Theed mainly created portrait statues and busts.
Works
- Marble group of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in Windsor Castle
- colossal bronze statue of Prince Albert in Coburg and also one in Balmoral Castle
- Marble statue of the Duchess of Kent, Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld , in Frogmore House
- Marble monument to the Duchess of Gloucester in St George's Chapel at Windsor
- Isaac Newton's colossal bronze statue at Grantham
- seated statue of Sir Humphrey Cheetham in Manchester Cathedral
- twelve bronze reliefs from English history in the House of Lords
- the statesman Edmund Burke
- the historian Henry Hallam at St Paul's Cathedral
- the statesman Sir James Mackintosh at Westminster Abbey
- Sir William Peel in the Hospital at Greenwich and Colossal in Calcutta
- Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby at St. George's Hall in Liverpool
- colossal marble statue of Sir Robert Peels in Huddersfield
- Africa at the Albert Memorial in London
- Henry Booth's statue for Liverpool
- a marble group: Hagar and Ishmael
- the statue of William Ewart Gladstone, erected in Manchester in 1879
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| SURNAME | Theed, William the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trentham , Staffordshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1891 |
| Place of death | Kensington |