Richard Westmacott Research Associate – also sometimes described as Richard Westmacott III – was a prominent English sculptor of the early and mid-19th century.
Background
Born in London, he was the son of Sir Richard Westmacott (1775–1856), and followed closely in his father"s footsteps: studying at the Royal Academy (from 1818), being elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy (in 1838) and a full Academician (in 1849), and then succeeding his father to serve as the Research Associate"s professor of sculpture (1857-1868) – the only time an Research Associate professorship passed from father to son.
Career
Among his most notable works is the pediment of the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Other works include:
the tomb of Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke at Street Andrew"s Church in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 1837, his candidacy citation saying that he was "Richard Westmacott Junr Esqr of 21 Wilton Place Belgrave Square, Sculptor, Author of the Article "Sculpture" in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana, and of various Essays and Articles on Art, and Antiquity, a gentleman devoted to Science in general, and the fine Arts in particular"
He is commemorated by a memorial in Street Mary Abbots church in Kensington, west London.