Lawrence Gahagan

Lawrence Gahagan or Geoghegan (1735–1820) was an 18th/19th century Irish-born sculptor.

[1] Gahagan was born Lawrence Geoghegan in Dublin in 1735 probably into a family of stonemasons.

He attended the Dublin Society School and won their "premium" (cash prize) in 1756 for a statuette of Rubens.

On 7 June 1762 at St Pancras Old Church he married Phoebe Hunter (born 1741).

Vincent's son, Edwin Gahagan (died 1858) was also a sculptor.

Bust of Mary Anne Clarke by Gahagan, National Portrait Gallery, London