Samuel Joseph

Statue of William Wilberforce by Samuel Joseph, in Westminster Abbey.

Samuel Joseph (1791 – 1 July 1850) was a British sculptor, working in the early 19th century.

Life Very little is known about Joseph's early life.

His most famous and noted work is the statue of William Wilberforce in Westminster Abbey, created in 1838. A plaster copy of it also exists in St John's College, Cambridge. He exhibited in the Royal Academy from 1811 to 1846, and the Royal Scottish Academy from 1827 to 1835. He was declared bankrupt in 1848 and forced to sell most of his belongings.

He died in London on 1 July 1850, leaving seven children. The Royal Academy granted a pension to his widow, which continued until her death, 13 years later. A wax portrait of Samuel Joseph by T. Smith was exhibited in 1828 at the Royal Academy.

He is known to have trained the Edinburgh sculptor Peter Slater.

Principal works Monument to William Vassall, Battersea Parish Church, 1800 Bust of his tutor's son, Master T. Rouw, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1811 Monument to Rev John Tattershall, Otterden, Kent, 1812 Bust of Edmund Kean for Drury Lane, 1815 Bust of Lord Beresford, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1819 Bust of General Sir Lowry Cole, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1819 Monument to Rev Granville Wheler, Otterden, Kent, 1820 Bust of Michael Angelo Taylor, exhibited in Royal Scottish Academy, 1821 Bust of Henry Mackenzie, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1822 Bust of Charles Matthews, National Portrait Gallery, 1822 Bust of Mr Liston, exhibited at Royal Academy, 1824 Bust of Lord John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell, exhibited at Royal Academy, 1824 Bust of Sir Walter Scott, Preston Hall near Edinburgh, 1825 Bust of Sir Henry Wellwood, National Gallery, 1825 Bust of Robert Stevenson (civil engineer), for Bell Rock Lighthouse, 1828 Bust of the Duke of Argyll, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1830 Bust of Sir Herbert Taylor, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1830 Small bronze of John Flaxman, York Art Gallery, 1830 Bust of King George IV, exhibited in Suffolk Street Galleries, 1831. Bust of Davies Gilbert, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1831 Bust of Rev Jonathan Brooks, exhibited in Liverpool Academy, 1832 Monument to Rev Latham Wainwright, Great Brickhill, Bucks, 1833 Bust of Lord Brougham, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1833 Bust of William Wilberforce, School for the Blind, York, 1833 Monument to Agnes Wilberforce, East Farleigh, Kent, 1834 Bust of King William IV, Penshurst Place, Kent, 1834 Bust of King William IV, United Service Club, London, 1834 Bust of Sir William Franklin, Rochester Cathedral, 1837 Bust of Lady De L'Isle and Dudley, Penshurst Place, Kent, 1838 Statue of William Wilberforce in Westminster Abbey, 1838 Bust of Colonel Gurwood, Apsley House, 1840 Bust of Rev Archibald Alison, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 1841 Bust of Sir David Wilkie, National Gallery of Scotland, 1842 Statue of Sir David Wilkie in Tate Gallery, 1843 Bust of the Earl of Shannon, exhibited in Royal Academy, 1844 Statue of Hon Elizabeth Eliot, Port Eliot, Cornwall exhibited in Royal Academy, 1838 Statue of Sir Hugh Myddelton, Royal Exchange, London, 1845 Bronze bust of Prof Dugald Stewart, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, date unknown Bust of William Huskisson, Petworth House, date unknown Bust of Voltaire, Elvetham Hall, Hants, date unknown Bust of James Gregory (physician), Old College, University of Edinburgh, date unknown