Charles Raymond Smith Explained

Charles Raymond Smith (1798 - 1888) was a 19th-century British sculptor.

Life

He was born in Marylebone in London the son of James Smith, a sculptor of some renown. Charles won the Silver Isis Medal from the Society of Arts in 1817 and their Gold Isis Medal in 1821 for a group of two figures. He attended the Royal Academy Schools from 1816 and won a Silver Medal in 1821 and the Large Gold Medal (their main prize) in 1822 for "The Fight for the Body of Patroclus".^[1]

He obtained a post as assistant to William Tollemache prior to working for J P P Kendrick.^[2]

He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1820 to 1840 and at the British Institution from 1829 to 1833.^[3]

He died at 246 Marylebone Road on 15 April 1888.^[4]

Works

• Bust of Mr Ricci (1820)
• Statue of Rev Thomas Dunham Whitaker at Whalley, Lancashire (1822)
• Monument to Major Sayer at Clare, Suffolk (1823)
• Bust of Edward Goldsmith (1827)
• Monument to George Holroyd at Reigate (1827)
• Monument to James Hudson at Newington-by-Sittingbourne (1827)
• Monument to William Williams in Chichester Cathedral (1828)
• Monument to Elizabeth Rose in Carshalton (1829)
• Monument to the Countess of Clonmell at Marylebone Parish Church (1829)^[5]
• Bust of Col Dalrymple (1830)
• Monument to Mary Walker at Sand Hutton (1830)
• Bust of George Campbell of New York (1831)
• Statuary at Mamhead Park (the kings and queens of England) for Sir Robert Newman (1838 to 1842)
• Tomb of Jacob Britton in Durham Cathedral (1839) ^[6]
• Statues of Raphael and Michelangelo for Lord Lansdowne at Bowood House (1841)
• Bust of Winthrop Praed (1841)
• Bust of Rev Thomas Gisborne at Durham University (1841)
• Wall monument to Samuel Sparshott in St Ann's Church, HMNB Portsmouth (1851)
• Pair of bronze stags and a fountain for Pynes House in Exeter (1852)
• St George and the Dragon Fountain at Holkham Hall
• Tomb of Grace Darling at Bamburgh churchyard

Family

He was father to Charles John Thomas Smith who was also a sculptor.

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.355
2. Web site: Charles Raymond Smith - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951 . 2022-07-05 . 2022-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705192232/https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib7_1206712294 . dead .
3. Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.355
4. Web site: Charles Raymond Smith - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951 . 2022-07-05 . 2022-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220705192232/https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib7_1206712294 . dead .
5. Web site: Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone Road - Bob Speel's website .
6. Web site: A status of Jacabo Britton in the nave of Durham Cathedral .