A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Biggs
Alternative Surname
First Name
Richard, of Bath
Initial of Surname
B
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1735-58
Year of Death
Biographical Details
He was apprenticed to his father, Richard Biggs, of Bath, in 1735 and became free in 1744. In 1749 he was working in London, as a mason at St Bartholomew’s Hospital (Hospital Archives, cited by Gunnis 1968, 52).
Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 52
Archival References: Masons’ Co, Freemen, fol 7 (4 December 1744)
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