Flemish sculptor, working in London from the 1730s until 1771, for whom see Rupert Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 (revised edition, n.d.), 341-344. Scheemakers designed and carried out several monuments for Ireland, for which see WORKS.
5 work entries listed in chronological order for SCHEEMAKERS, PETER *#
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CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHURCH AVENUE (DRUMCONDRA), CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (CI, DRUMCONDRA PARISH) |
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1743 |
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Memorial to Dr Marmaduke Coghill, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (d. 1738). Arrived from London Apr 1743. |
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Faulkner's Dublin Journal, 19-23 Apr 1743; Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 77, Figs. 24,25
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CO. DOWN, BANGOR, ABBEY CHURCH (CI) |
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1760p |
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Monument to James Hamilton and his wife (d. 1760) |
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Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 76, Fig. 38); Marcus Patton, Bangor: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1999), 3.
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CO. MEATH, DULEEK, CHURCH OF ST KIENAN (CI) |
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1765p |
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Monument to Judge Stephen Trotter (d.c.1765) attr. to PS suggested by Potterton. . (Now in Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin.) |
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Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 254
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CO. KILKENNY, KILKENNY, COACH ROAD, CATHEDRAL OF ST CANICE (CI) |
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1779 |
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Monument to Anne Cox, wife of Michael Cox, Bishop of Ossory. |
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The Complete Irish Traveller (1788), 109; Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 77, Fig. 39
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