Christopher Hewetson (c.1737–1798) was a neoclassical sculptor of marble, terracotta and bronze portrait busts.

His father died in 1744 when Christopher was only 7, leaving his mother Eleanor with four young children to raise.

[citation needed] With the assistance of Thomas Jenkins, Hewetson received commissions from numerous British and Irishmen visiting Rome on the Grand Tour.

In the last phase of his career Hewetson held a two-sided production: he sculpted copies after the Antique - sometimes in marble, more often in plaster - as well as portrait-busts.

His inventory after death, recently found, revealed the presence of 12 busts, some left unfinished, and of a considerable number of copies after the antique.