A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Woodward
Alternative Surname
First Name
John
Initial of Surname
W
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1720-23
Year of Death
Biographical Details
In 1720 he executed carved woodwork in the University Schools, Cambridge, receiving £4 ‘for two pillaster cappatalls, very large, after the Corinthian order’ and £24 for six similar double pilasters (1). Eight years later he was paid for cutting stone for the same building.
Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 443
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