Robert Forrest (sculptor)
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Robert Forrest (sculptor)
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Robert Forrest was a Scottish monumental sculptor, receiving many important commissions in the early 19th century. He was self-taught, beginning his working life as a mason in a stone quarry in Clydesdale. Allegedly his first patron, Colonel Gordon, discovered him in 1817, carving figures of animals in his quarry. His first commissioned work was a figure of Bacchus for the Colonel. Enough commissions followed to allow him to adopt sculpture as his sole profession. He set up studio on the edge of
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British artist
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Forrest_(sculptor)
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2024-01-31T21:07:31Z
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