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EDWARD HODGES BAILY (1788-1867)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 221 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EDWARD HODGES See also:BAILY (1788-1867)  , See also:British sculptor, was See also:born at See also:Bristol on the loth of See also:March 1788 . His See also:father, who was a celebrated See also:carver of figureheads for See also:ships, destined him for a commercial See also:life, but even at school the boy showed his natural See also:taste and remarkable talents by producing numerous See also:wax See also:models and busts of his schoolfellows, and afterwards, when placed in a See also:mercantile See also:house, still carried on his favourite employment . Two Homeric studies, executed for a friend, were shown to J . See also:Flaxman, who bestowed on them such high See also:commendation that in 1807 See also:Baily came to See also:London and placed himself as a See also:pupil under the See also:great sculptor . In 1809 he entered the See also:academy See also:schools . In 1811 he gained the academy See also:gold See also:medal for a See also:model of " See also:Hercules restoring See also:Alcestis to See also:Admetus," and soon after exhibited " See also:Apollo discharging his Arrows against the Greeks " and " Hercules casting Lichas into the See also:Sea." In 1821 he was elected R.A., and exhibited one of his best pieces, " See also:Eve at the See also:Fountain." He was entrusted with the See also:carving of the bas-reliefs on the See also:south See also:side of the See also:Marble See also:Arch in See also:Hyde See also:Park, and executed numerous busts and statues, such as those of See also:Nelson in See also:Trafalgar Square, of See also:Earl See also:Grey, of See also:Lord See also:Mansfield and others . Baily died at See also:Holloway on the 22nd of May 1867 .

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