Thomas Kirk

Life
1781-1845; MRHA, a Cork born artist; influienced by Flaxman; executed the statue of Nelson on O’Connell St., Dublin and 'The Parting Glance’; a tomb monument to the first Lady Rossmore in Monaghan and other portraits. BREF DNB

 

References
Dictionary of National Biography noted for fine busts and work in relief on mantelpieces, etc., RHA, 1822; statue on Nelson memorial column; his most important work [sic], statue of Sir Sydney Smith, Greenwich Hospital.

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