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Francis Leggatt Chantrey

1781 - 1841

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Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey (7 April 1781 – 25 November 1841) was an English sculptor. He became the leading portrait sculptor in Regency era Britain, producing busts and statues of many notable figures of the time. Chantrey's most notable works include the statues of King George IV (Trafalgar Square); King George III (Guildhall), and George Washington (Massachusetts State House). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Leggatt Chantrey has received more than 74,841 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Francis Leggatt Chantrey is the 236th most popular sculptor (down from 207th in 2019), the 4,781st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,623rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Francis Leggatt Chantrey ranks 236 out of 258. Before him are Sabiha Bengütaş, Erzsébet Schaár, Hellmuth Marx, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Chris Burden, and Horatio Greenough. After him are Knut Steen, Beverly Pepper, Ronald Pope, Mari Gerekmezyan, Mikhail Anikushin, and Walter W. Winans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Francis Leggatt Chantrey ranks 45. Before him are Andrés Narvarte, Joaquín Suárez, Alexander Vostokov, William John Burchell, José María Calatrava y Peinado, and Charles Joseph Minard. After him are William Wyatt Bibb, and John M. Berrien. Among people deceased in 1841, Francis Leggatt Chantrey ranks 45. Before him are Luis Eduardo Pérez, David Wilkie, John Forsyth, Alexander Shishkov, Alexander Burnes, and Astley Cooper.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Leggatt Chantrey ranks 4,781 out of 8,785. Before him are Nigel Lawson (1932), Susan Cooper (1935), Patricia Quinn (1944), Thomas Button (1575), Henry Tate (1819), and Ed O'Brien (1968). After him are Grahame Clark (1907), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), Daniel Massey (1933), Mary Midgley (1919), Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), and Jean Kent (1921).

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Among SCULPTORS In United Kingdom

Among sculptors born in United Kingdom, Francis Leggatt Chantrey ranks 12. Before him are Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), Anthony Caro (1924), Anne Seymour Damer (1748), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Barry Flanagan (1941), and W. J. Coffee (1774). After him are Ronald Pope (1920).

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