George Gammon Adams
(1821-1898), SculptorArtist associated with 22 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.
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge of Lahore
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of medallion, 1845
NPG 1207a
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, circa 1849
NPG 1255
Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, 1850
NPG 1202
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
NPG 1198
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, 1855
NPG 1201
Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
by George Gammon Adams
marble bust, 1855
NPG 1197
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, 1858
NPG 1204
John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, 1863
NPG 1205
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, 1863
NPG 1207
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, circa 1867
NPG 1206
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, 1868
NPG 1200
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust
NPG 1199
by William Henry Egleton, published by John Murray, after George Gammon Adams
stipple engraving, 1857
NPG D38463
Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
by William Henry Egleton, published by John Murray, after George Gammon Adams
stipple engraving, published 1857
NPG D38468
Sir Thomas Lawrence; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (on reverse)
by George Gammon Adams, after Edward Hodges Baily, and after Sir Thomas Lawrence
bronze medal, 1860
NPG D2921
John Edward Gray; Maria Emma Gray
by George Gammon Adams
bronze medal, 1863
NPG D7205
by George Gammon Adams
bronze medal, 1867
NPG D2914
by George Gammon Adams
bronze medal, 1872
NPG D2915
by George Gammon Adams
bronze medal, 1877
NPG D2924
by George Gammon Adams
bronze medal, 1884
NPG D2927
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by George Gammon Adams
plaster cast of bust, circa 1869
NPG 1203
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