Joseph Wilton

Joseph Wilton
Wilton holding a bust of Demosthenes, portrait by Louis-Gabriel Blanchet
Born16 July 1722 
London 
Died25 November 1803  (aged 81)
London 
Resting placeSt. Mary the Virgin Church, Wanstead 

Joseph Wilton RA (16 July 1722 – 25 November 1803) was an English sculptor. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and the academy's third keeper. His works are particularly numerous memorialising the famous Britons in Westminster Abbey.

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