Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey

(1781-1841)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Chantrey, Francis, Sir, 1781-1841 NRA: Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt (1781-1841) Knight Sculptor DNB: Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt (1781-1841), sculptor LBT ID: FrChant1841 VIAF ID: 20433167 LOC ID: n82047713	B/BAP: 1781-04-07 DIED: 1841-11-25
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English sculptor who worked as a statuary from 1804; he employed the poet Allan Cunningham in his studio from 1814. He was knighted in 1835.
CORRESPONDENCE OF Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey: Sir Francis Chantrey to Sir Robert Peel, 26 January 1838 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)