Christopher Moore

Christopher Moore RHA MRIA MRHA (1790–1863) was an Irish-born sculptor operational mainly in England in the 19th century.

Life He was born in Dublin in 1790. In 1819 he is listed as living at 2 Upper Gloucester Place, still in Dublin, but moved to London in 1820, aged 30, where he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy and in Brighton. In 1821 he was living and working on Tottenham Court Road. In 1829 he moved to 23 Howland Street.

He set up permanent residence in London in 1821, but made frequent returns to Ireland. He exhibited in the Royal Academy 1821–1860 and at the British Institution 1821–1834. He exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Society from 1829 to 1861.

He died in Dorset Street, Dublin, on 17 March 1863. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.

His portrait, by John Doyle, is held by the National Gallery of Ireland.

Known works see Combat between the Archangel Michael and Satan, pre-1820 Bust of Henry Grattan, 1821 Bust of Charles Phillips, barrister, 1821 General Sir John Doyle, 1822 Bust of Miss Grace Croft, 1823 Bust of Lord Nugent, 1823 Bust of Lord Denman, 1828 Bust of the artist Francis Danby, 1828 Bust of Daniel O'Connell, 1830 Bust of William Mulready, 1832 Bust of George Stephenson, 1832 Effigy of the dead child, Isabella Cooper, in Goathurst Church, Somerset, 1835 Bust of Solomon Cox, 1836 Bust of T S Goodenough, 1838 Bust of Lord Morpeth, Castle Howard, 1839 Bust of Daniel Murray, Archbishop of Dublin, 1841 Bust of Anne, Countess of Charlemont, Windsor Castle, 1841 Plaster bust of Lord Plunket, Castle Howard, 1841 Bust of Lady Dover, Castle Howard, 1842 Bust of John Philpot Curran, St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, 1842 (erected 1845) Bust of Sir Henry Marsh, surgeon, 1843 Bust of Thomas Moore, poet, 1843 Bust of Sir Philip Crampton, surgeon, 1843 General Sir Edward Blakeney, 1844 Bust of Thomas Norton Longman, publisher, Hampstead Parish Church, 1845 Bust of Sir Maziere Brady, 1846 Bust of Robert Holmes, 1847 Bust of Richard Lalor Shiel, National Gallery of Ireland, 1848 Bust of Viscount Southwell, 1849 Bust of Edmund Burke, formerly in Crystal Palace, 1850 Bust of John Doyle the artist, 1850 (probably done in artistic exchange for Doyle's portrait of Moore) Bust of Lord Brougham, 1851 Bust of Benjamin Guinness, 1852 Bust of Cardinal Wiseman, 1853 Bust of the Earl Of Derby, 1853 Bust of George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle, n.d. Wax portrait of George Papworth, Irish National Museum, n.d.