Edward Hodges Baily (1788 - 1867)

Born 10 Mar 1788 in Bristol, England

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Died 22 May 1867 at age 79 in Holloway, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Edward Baily is Notable.

British Notable

Baily was born in Downend in Bristol in 1788. At the age of sixteen he abandoned his commercial career and began executing portraits in wax. Two Homeric studies, executed for a friend, were shown to John John Flaxman. Baily came to London and placed himself as Flaxman's pupil . In 1809 he entered the Royal Academy Schools.

1811: received the Royal Academy gold medal for a model of Hercules restoring Alcestis to Admetus. Exhibited Apollo discharging his Arrows against the Greeks and Hercules casting Lichas into the Sea.

1815 he was employed as a designer and modeller with the goldsmiths Rundell, Bridge and Rundell where he worked with William Theed the elder.

1817: elected ARA in 1817 1821: exhibited Eve at the Fountain. Carved the bas-reliefs on the south side of the Marble Arch in Hyde Park,. Executed numerous busts and statues of public figures, including the statue of Nelson, at the top of Nelson's Column, in Trafalgar Square. 1857: retired from the Royal Academy; designed a Turner Gold Medal for Landscape Painting.

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Hodges_Baily