Richard Cockle Lucas
(1800-1883), SculptorSitter in 44 portraits
Artist associated with 54 portraits
At the age of twelve Lucas was apprenticed to an uncle, a cutler at Winchester. Having become proficient at carving knife handles, he decided to train as a sculptor. In 1828 he entered the Royal Academy Schools, and from that year he was a regular contributor to the Royal Academy. Over the next thirty years he exhibited over a hundred works at the Academy, the British Institution, and the Suffolk Street Gallery of the Society of British Artists, including busts, medallions, and classical subjects.
'As a Farmer' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Necromancer' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As an Ancient Briton' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Modern Don' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As the Poet of Hope' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As the Dark Conspirator' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Soothsayer' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As Othello Relating his Adventures' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'The Spirit of Wine' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'The intellect of Spirit' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As Apollo' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Waggoner' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Poet he Invokes' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'He Designs a Great Work' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As the Pilgrim of Donnybrook' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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