Patrick MacDowell RA was a sculptor

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

 from Belfast

Belfast

Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...

. At about the age of sixteen, he was apprenticed to a coach-builder in London and later went to lodge in the house of P F Chenu, the sculptor where he took to modelling. On the recommendation of John Constable the painter, he went to the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...

 Schools and he exhibited at the Academy from 1822 until his death. He was elected a Member on the 10th of February 1846 and presented as his diploma work a "Nymph.".

Works

His works include a statue of Sir William Brown

Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Astrop

Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet was a British merchant and banker, founder of the banking-house of Brown, Shipley & Co...

 in the Concert Hall of St George's Hall, Liverpool. His life-size memorial, in marble, to the young Earl of Belfast (d.1853) showing the deceased on his deathbed attended by his mother, is in Belfast Castle Chapel. His last major work was the Europe allegorical group at the Albert Memorial

Albert Memorial

The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, England, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. The memorial was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the...

 in London

London

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External links

• Patrick MacDowell Info & Sculpture