Lawrence Gahagan
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Lawrence Gahagan or Geoghegan (1735–1820) was an 18th/19th century Irish-born sculptor. He specialised in small bronze portrait busts.[1]
Gahagan was born Lawrence Geoghegan in Dublin in 1735 probably into a family of stonemasons. He attended the Dublin Society School and won their "premium" (cash prize) in 1756 for a statuette of Rubens. Around 1757 he left Ireland and sailed to London where he changed his name to Gahagan.[2]
He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1798 to 1817.
He lived, worked and died in Westminster.
Works
- Bust of Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley (1798)
- Bust of Admiral Horatio Nelson (1798)
- Bust of William Pitt (1800)
- Internal decoration at Castle Howard (1801 to 1811)
- Bust of Nelson (1804) at Bath Art Gallery
- Monument to George Napier at Redland Chapel in Bristol (1804)
- Bust of Bishop of St. Pol de Leon (1809)
- Bust of Dr Hawes (1809)
- Monument to Joseph Baldwin at Cholesbury church (1810)
- Bust of Wellington (1811) at Stratfield Saye
- Bust of Sir Samuel Romilly (1816)
- Group - "George IV presenting Peace to the Goddess of the Earth"
- Composition - "The Death of Spencer Perceval"
- Group - "A Missionary Preaching to the South Sea Islanders"
- Statuette of William IV seated on a Chair
- Statuette of King George III[3]
- Statuette of Lady Hood
- Statuette of Princess Caraboo
- Statuette of Hannah Moore
- Group - "The Murder of Maria Bagnell by Gillingham the Murderer"
- Bust of Emperor Alexander I of Russia
- Bust of Lord Byron
- Bust of Sir Edward Parry
- Bust of Gabriel Goldney, Mayor of Chippenham
- Bust of Madame Catalini
- Bust of General Blucher
- Bust of the Marquess of Albuquerque
- Bust of Rev Jay
- Bust of Mr Trevor
- Bust of Mr Tottenham
