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RICHARDSON, EDWARD M. *#
- Born: 1812 Died: 1869
Sculptor, of London, for biography of whom see Oxford DNB. Richardson's two works in Ireland are the effigies of John, second Marquess of Ormonde (1808-1854) in St Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny (1855), and of the second Earl of Bandon in St Peter's church, Bandon, Co. Cork (1859).
References
(1) Small model exhibited RA 1860, no. 999.
2 work entries listed in chronological order for RICHARDSON, EDWARD M. *#
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Building: | CO. CORK, BANDON, CHURCH OF ST PETER (CI, BALLYMODAN PARISH) |
Date: | 1855 |
Nature: | Recumbent effigy of 2nd Earl of Bandon. |
Refs: |
Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 98. |
Building: | CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, COACH ROAD, CATHEDRAL OF ST CANICE (CI) |
Date: | 1856 |
Nature: | Tomb of 2nd Marquess of Ormonde (d.1854) showing his recumbent figure, with portrait statues of his children at the head and feet. |
Refs: |
B 14, 4 Oct 1856, 548; J. Graves & J.G. Prim, History, architecture & antiquities of the Cathedral Church, Kilkenny (1857), 347; small model exhibited RA 1860, no. 999; Paula Murphy, Nineteenth-Century Irish Sculpture: Native Genius Reaffirmed (Yale University Press: New Haven & London, 2010), 98(illus.). |