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[[File:Portland Vase by Wedgwood - view 1.jpg|thumbnail|right|Portland Vase by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd, circa 1790, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA]]'''Henry Webber''' (1754–1826) was an English sculptor and modeller.▼
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▲[[File:Portland Vase by Wedgwood - view 1.jpg|thumbnail|right|Portland Vase by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd, circa 1790, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, USA]]
'''Henry Webber''' (1754–1826) was an English sculptor and modeller.
The son of a Swiss sculptor who moved to England, he was awarded in 1776 the [[Royal Academy]] Gold Medal.<ref>[[Rupert Gunnis|Gunnis, Rupert]] (1951), ''[[Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851]]'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=0CQIQQAACAAJ&dq=Dictionary+of+British+Sculpture+1660-1851&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=5 pp.417-18].</ref> In 1778, Webber was chosen by the Oxford Paving Commission to carry out the sculptures and [[sphinx]]es for the [[Baluster|balustrade]] of [[John Gwynn (architect)|John Gwynn's]] [[Magdalen Bridge]]. Unfortunately, in 1782 the Commission eventually abandoned this idea, paying a compensation payment and permitting him to keep any sculpture already made.<ref>Jaine, T.W.M. (1971) ''The building of Magdalen Bridge, 1772-1790'', [http://www.oahs.org.uk/oxof.php Oxoniensia] xxxvi, p.69.</ref>▼
==Life==
This same year, after being recommended by [[Sir William Chambers]] and [[Sir Joshua Reynolds]], Webber started working for [[Josiah Wedgwood|Josiah Wedgwood's ]] at [[Etruria, Staffordshire|Etruria]], where he became chief sculptor in 1785, position he held until 1806.<ref>{{cite web | title = Henry Webber (1754–1826) | url = http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery_packs/2179/pack/2436/chapter/2826| publisher = The Wedgwood Museum| date = | accessdate = 2010-01-11}}</ref>▼
[[File:Memorials including David Garrick.jpg|thumb|285px|Memorial to David Garrick (top centre) by Webber - in Westminster Abbey]]
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▲This same year, after being recommended by [[Sir William Chambers]] and [[Sir Joshua Reynolds]], Webber started working for [[Josiah Wedgwood|Josiah Wedgwood's ]] at [[Etruria, Staffordshire|Etruria]], where he became chief sculptor in 1785, position he held until 1806.<ref>{{cite web | title = Henry Webber (1754–1826) | url = http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery_packs/2179/pack/2436/chapter/2826| publisher = The Wedgwood Museum| date = |
Webber is also the author of the monument to [[David Garrick]] in the [[Poet's Corner]] in the [[Westminster Abbey]],<ref>{{cite web | title = DAVID GARRICK | url = http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/people/david-garrick| publisher = Westminster Abbey| date = | accessdate = 2010-01-11}}</ref> modelled many of the figures for Wedgwood's [[Portland Vase]] <ref>{{cite web|title=The Portland Vase and the Borghese Vase |url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/wedgwood/portlandborghese.asp |publisher=National Museums Liverpool |date= |accessdate=2010-01-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015175847/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/wedgwood/portlandborghese.asp |archivedate=2009-10-15 |df= }}</ref> and designed several portrait [[medal]]lions, including the [[Sydney Cove medallion]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Henry Webber (1754–1826) | url = http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk/learning/discovery_packs/2179/pack/2436/chapter/2826| publisher = The Wedgwood Museum| date = | accessdate = 2010-01-11}}</ref>▼
▲Webber is also the author of the monument to [[David Garrick]] in the [[Poet's Corner]] in the [[Westminster Abbey]]
He died on 7 August 1826 at the house of Mrs Kincade at 11 South Crescent in [[Bedford Square]] in central London.<ref>Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.418</ref>
==Monuments==
*[[David Garrick]] in [[Westminster Abbey]] (1797)
*[[Henry Askew]] in [[Newcastle Cathedral]] (1801)
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== References ==
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