John Smyth (1776 – 1840) was an Irish sculptor. [1] [2]
The son of sculptor Edward Smyth (1749–1812), [3] John Smyth was trained at the Dublin Society's school, and worked with his father at Montgomery Street (now Foley Street) in Dublin. [4] [5]
One of his first public works was a monument to John Ball in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. [6]
He assisted his father, Edward, with a number of sculptures at Parliament House (now Bank of Ireland), the King's Inns, and with decorative plaster and stonework at the Chapel Royal of Dublin Castle. [7] He also sculpted the statues of Mercury, Fidelity, and Hibernia for the pediment of the General Post Office, Dublin (c.1814). [4] [8]
He repaired the equestrian statue of William III (William of Orange) in College Green after it was blown up in 1836. [4] Other pieces by John Smyth were sculpted for Dublin's Richmond Bridge (c.1816; now O'Donovan Rossa Bridge), [7] and several public buildings and churches in the capital. [9] In 1818, Smyth was commissioned to produce a bust of Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, which was displayed at the Society of Artists in 1819 alongside a bust of his wife Arabella by Thomas Kirk. A number of his works are held by the National Gallery of Ireland. [10] Like his own father, several of John Smyth's own children become sculptors, [2] as did his grandchildren. [11]
John Smyth (1776 – 1840) was an Irish sculptor. [1] [2]
The son of sculptor Edward Smyth (1749–1812), [3] John Smyth was trained at the Dublin Society's school, and worked with his father at Montgomery Street (now Foley Street) in Dublin. [4] [5]
One of his first public works was a monument to John Ball in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. [6]
He assisted his father, Edward, with a number of sculptures at Parliament House (now Bank of Ireland), the King's Inns, and with decorative plaster and stonework at the Chapel Royal of Dublin Castle. [7] He also sculpted the statues of Mercury, Fidelity, and Hibernia for the pediment of the General Post Office, Dublin (c.1814). [4] [8]
He repaired the equestrian statue of William III (William of Orange) in College Green after it was blown up in 1836. [4] Other pieces by John Smyth were sculpted for Dublin's Richmond Bridge (c.1816; now O'Donovan Rossa Bridge), [7] and several public buildings and churches in the capital. [9] In 1818, Smyth was commissioned to produce a bust of Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, which was displayed at the Society of Artists in 1819 alongside a bust of his wife Arabella by Thomas Kirk. A number of his works are held by the National Gallery of Ireland. [10] Like his own father, several of John Smyth's own children become sculptors, [2] as did his grandchildren. [11]