George Gammon Adams (1821-1898)
Artist associated with 20 portraits
The portrait sculptor and medallist George Gammon Adams studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1840, and spent a further year studying in Rome under John Gibson six years later. He came to prominence through success in various competitions, and after exhibiting works at the Great Exhibition (and designing prize medals for it) in 1852 was chosen to model the death mask of Wellington, afterwards making a marble bust of this. Subsequently, he was commissioned to produce several public monuments, and also modelled a series of busts, mostly in the 1850s and 1860s.
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Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of medallion, 1845
NPG 1207a
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of death-mask, 1852
NPG 2155a
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, 1853
On display in Room 21 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1198
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