Online Database of the Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660-1851
Alcyone Discovering the Body of Ceyx, 1775-79 by Thomas Banks
Image courtesy of Leeds Museums & Galleries (Lotherton Hall)
The database contains all of the information included in Roscoe, Hardy and Sullivan A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660-1851 (Published for the Paul Mellon Centre and Henry Moore Foundation by Yale 2009). It also includes additional information: an expanded bibliography, new sculptors, new biographical details about sculptors, and new works.
The database contains over 3000 Biographies, and a full list of known Works for each sculptor. There is a Bibliography of over 3000 entries. The lives are searchable by name and keywords. The Works section - which contains details of over 30,000 works - is searchable by multiple categories including name, subject matter, dates, material, location, and payment. The bibliography of over 3000 publications and manuscripts can be searched by authors, titles, and categories.
The content is updated at regular intervals, and we welcome corrections and additions. If you have information that may be helpful please contact the online editor, MG Sullivan, giving details and sources, at editorsculpturedatabase@gmail.com
Also available in hardback, published by Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre and Henry Moore Foundation, Sept 2009. ISBN 9780300149654
Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, the Henry Moore Foundation and the Victoria and Albert Museum.