Details of Sculptor

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Surname	Bradley	Alternative Surname
First Name	Richard, of York	Initial of Surname	B
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	c1840-1858
Year of Death
Biographical Details	About 1840 he opened a showroom and began to do business at 39 Gillygate, York, after having worked at the Minster as carver and mason. In 1858 he was working at St Helen’s church. He carved heads of French and English generals and admirals who took part in the Crimean War for a house in Bootham Terrace, York (4). Other Bradleys worked in the city as statuaries and masons, including William, master mason at York Minster in 1705, John, a freemason, who became a freeman of York in 1739, and Robert, who described himself as ‘sculptor’ in the York directory of 1841. Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 60 Archival References: GPC