A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Welch
Alternative Surname
First Name
Initial of Surname
W
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1780
Year of Death
Biographical Details
A man of this name appeared in the trial, for highway robbery, of William Harding on 13 September 1780. He described himself as ‘a statuary’ and said he had employed the defendant many times ‘to receive considerable sums of money for me.’ Richardson appeared as a character witness in the same trial.
Literary References: The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, t17800913-11
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