Thomas Engleheart

Thomas Engleheart (1745–1809), was an English sculptor and modeller in wax.

Life Engleheart was one of the sons of Francis Engleheart of Kew, and elder brother of George Engleheart, miniature Painter to George III. He was a student at the Royal Academy, and in 1772 competed with John Flaxman for the gold medal given by the Royal Academy for a bas-relief of "Ulysses and Nausicaa". In this competition Engleheart was successful, to the bitter disappointment of Flaxman. He died in 1809. an oval medallion of Edward, Duke of Kent, modelled in red wax in 1786 is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.