James Sherwood Westmacott

James Sherwood Westmacott (1823–1900) was a British sculptor during the 19th century and part of the Westmacott dynasty stemming from Richard Westmacott (the elder).

Life Westmacott was born in London on 27 August 1823, the son of Henry Westmacott, a monumental sculptor, in turn the son of Richard Westmacott (the elder).

He studied sculpture under his uncle, Sir Richard Westmacott, rather than his father, Richard being by far the more eminent sculptor.

He made a study trip to Rome in 1849.

He died at Longlands in Chesterfield on 16 August 1900.

Works

Statues "Alfred the Great" and "Richard I planting the Standard", for the Westminster Hall Exhibition, 1844 Statues of Geoffrey, Earl of Gloucester and Saher, Earl of Winchester, House of Lords, 1848 Bust of George Barnard, exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1854 Bust of the Marquess of Anglesey, 1858 Font, St Mary's Church, Stoke Newington, 1858 Fountain Nymph, 1861 Monument to Owen Wethered, father of Thomas Owen Wethered, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, 1862 Statue of Alexander, the Mansion House, 1863 Statue of Bomanjee Hormasjee, Bombay, 1865 Monument to Gilbert East, Hurley, Berkshire, 1866 Reredos, Little Wolston Church, Buckinghamshire, 1868 Three figures (Galen, Cicero and Aristotle) for the frontage of the Civil Service Buildings on Burlington Gardens, London, 1869 Reredos, Newcastle Cathedral, 1870 Bust of J. Langton Down, 1883

Exhibitions Royal Academy, London, 1846–1885 The Great Exhibition of 1851 "Peri at the Gates of Paradise", Paris Exhibition of 1855 The International Exhibition, London, 1862