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Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt

(1834-1890), Sculptor

Sitter in 16 portraits
Artist associated with 34 portraits
Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm worked initially as a medallist in his native city of Vienna. He was so successful when he exhibited his medals at the Exhibition of 1862 that he determined to abandon the execution of coins and medals and to concentrate instead on portrait busts and statuettes, chiefly equestrian. The large statue of Queen Victoria, executed in marble (1869) for Windsor Castle, and the monument of the Duke of Kent in St George's chapel, were his earliest great works. In 1881 he was appointed sculptor in ordinary to the queen. Boehm executed the equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner, and designed the coinage for the Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887.

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William Makepeace Thackeray, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after  James Deville - NPG 620

William Makepeace Thackeray

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after James Deville
plaster cast of bust, 1850-1881, based on a work of 1824-1825
NPG 620

William Makepeace Thackeray, by Elkington & Co, after  Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after  James Deville - NPG 620a

William Makepeace Thackeray

by Elkington & Co, after Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after James Deville
electrotype of bust, 1881, based on a work of 1824-1825
NPG 620a

Sir Charles Thomas Newton, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 973

Sir Charles Thomas Newton

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, 1863
NPG 973

William Makepeace Thackeray, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after  Joseph Durham - NPG 495a

William Makepeace Thackeray

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after Joseph Durham
terracotta cast of bust, 1878, based on a work of 1864
NPG 495a

Thomas Carlyle, by Domenico Brucciani, after  Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 1623

Thomas Carlyle

by Domenico Brucciani, after Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of hands, 1875
NPG 1623

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 1760

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of statuette, 1881
NPG 1760

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 860

Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, circa 1881
NPG 860

Samuel Johnson, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after a painting by  Sir Joshua Reynolds - NPG 621

Samuel Johnson

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt, after a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds
painted plaster figure, 1881
NPG 621

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 867

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of monument in Westminster Abbey, 1882
NPG 867

Charles Darwin, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 761

Charles Darwin

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
terracotta bust, 1883
NPG 761

Henry Smith, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 787

Henry Smith

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
terracotta bust, 1883
NPG 787

Archibald Campbell Tait, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 859

Archibald Campbell Tait

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, 1883
NPG 859

Arnold Toynbee, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 2486

Arnold Toynbee

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of medallion, after 1883
NPG 2486

Herbert Spencer, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 1359

Herbert Spencer

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
marble bust, circa 1884
NPG 1359

Charles George Gordon, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 864

Charles George Gordon

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
plaster cast of bust, circa 1885
NPG 864

(William) Edward Hartpole Lecky, by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG 1360

(William) Edward Hartpole Lecky

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
terracotta bust, circa 1890
NPG 1360

Thomas Carlyle, by Edwin Roffe, published by  Virtue & Co, after  Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt - NPG D49713

Thomas Carlyle

by Edwin Roffe, published by Virtue & Co, after Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
stipple, 1878
NPG D49713

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Samuel Johnson

by Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, 1st Bt
clay bust, 1881
NPG 621a

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