John Bacon (sculptor, born 1777)

He was born at his parents' home in Newman Street in the City of Westminster on 13 March 1777.

[1] He entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of twelve, one of the youngest pupils ever admitted.

Their father died in 1799, and the younger John Bacon succeeded to his business.

He finished such works as he found in progress, including the well-known statue of Lord Cornwallis, and managed to secure ample patronage for himself.

There are six of Bacon's monuments in St Paul's Cathedral and at least eight in Westminster Abbey.

Equestrian statue of William III , London
Monument to Edward Waldergrave, Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Navestock , Essex
The Flight of Aeneas from Troy by John Bacon the Younger, Foundling Museum, London