Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald

Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (26 April 1830[a] – 24 November 1925) was an Anglo-Irish author and critic, painter and sculptor.

He was called to the Irish bar and was for a time crown prosecutor on the northeastern circuit.

After moving to London, he became a contributor to Charles Dickens's magazine, Household Words, and later dramatic critic for the Observer and the Whitehall Review.

He wrote: In 1900 he completed a bust of his friend Charles Dickens, which can be seen in the Pump Room in Bath.

In 1910 he created a statue of Samuel Johnson (Reference), which is standing behind St Clement Danes, Strand, London.