A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Cheney
Alternative Surname
First Name
Bartholomew
Initial of Surname
C
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
1742
Year of Death
Biographical Details
He acted as assistant to Sir Robert Taylor and carved the figures of Fame and Britannia on his master’s monument to Captain Cornewall, 1742, in Westminster Abbey. According to J T Smith Taylor paid him £4 15s a week.
Literary References: Smith 1828, 1, 151
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