John Cheere

The younger brother of the sculptor Sir Henry Cheere, he was originally apprenticed as a haberdasher from 1725 to 1732.

[1] He is now mainly remembered as a creator of lead statues standing in the gardens of stately homes.

[2] Some were reproductions of classical Roman or Greek sculptures, but there was also a demand for statues depicting simple, pastoral themes.

[3] Several of the sculptures from Queluz had not been on public view since 1967, and have been restored by Rupert Harris Conservation, in London, and returned to Portugal in May 2009.

[7] His first wife, Theodosia Maria, was from the parish of St. Georges near Hanover Square, London, but died in May 1767, soon after the death of both her father and only son.