| Authorised form of name | Chantrey; Sir; Francis Legatt (1781 - 1841) |
| Dates | 1781 - 1841 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Jordanthorpe, in the parish of Norton, Derbyshire, England |
| Date of birth | 07 April 1781 |
| Date of death | 25 November 1841 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Jordanthorpe, in the parish of Norton, Derbyshire, in a tomb contructed by himself |
| Activity | Education:
Royal Academy (after 1802)
Career:
Apprenticed to a carver and guilder, Robert Ramsey (1754-1828) Sheffield; drew portraits and landscape; apprenticeship cancelled (1802) and went to try his fortune, first in Dublin and Edinburgh and finally in London; obtained employment as as Assistant Wood carver, and at soame time devoted himself to portrait painting, bust sculpture, and modelling in clay. First commission was a marble bust for Sheffield parish church (1805); he exhibited pictures at the Royal Academy from 1804, but from 1807 onwards devoted hiself mainly to sculpture and Joseph Nollekens (1737-18230, the neoc,lassical sculpton, showed recognition of his merits. His first imaginative work in sculpture was the model of the head fo Satan, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1808. Afterwards he executed for Greenwich Hospital four huge busts of Admirals Duncan, Howe, Vincent and Nelson, and led to his reputation spreading so quickly that his next bust, that of John Horne Tooke (1736-1812) the radical politician, procured him commisions to the Value of £2,000. visited Italy 91819). He died suddenly of heart failure; bequeathed money to the Royal Academy for the purchase of native works of art
Freemason, initiated 5 April 1813, Lodge of Union No 218, subsequently No 166, London
Honours:
Kt 1835
Memberships:
ARA (1816); RA (1818) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 30/04/1818 |
| Relationships | Son of a carpenter and small farmer; married (1807) a well-to-do cousin |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
W P Griffith and P J T Morris, 'Charles Hatchett FRS (1765 - 1847), chemist and discoverer of niobium' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 299 - 316
The Library and Museum of Freemasonry, ;Freemasons and the Royal Society; Alphabetical List of Fellows of the Royal Society who were Freemasons' (2010), page 19 |
| Royal Society code | NA3509 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| DM/1/75 | Copy of letter from Robert Peel and Charles Long to Sir Thomas Lawrence and FL Chantrey | 1 March 1826 |
| DM/1/77 | Letter from FL Chantrey, Belgrave Place, to J G Children | 22 December 1831 |
| IM/000796 | Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt | nd |
| NLB/54/801 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Mr. George P. Johnston | 5 October 1917 |
| MS/426/33 | Copy letter from [John William Lubbock, Treasurer of] the Royal Society; to the Executors of Sir Francis Chantrey [will] | 17 January 1842 |
| MS/426/36 | Copy letter from [John William] Lubbock, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to his Excellency, the Chavalier | 22 January 1842 |
| EC/1818/03 | Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |