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.
'The Recluse' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Hermit' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Druid' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Sinner (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Saint' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Devotee of Art' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As a Martyr to the Truth' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As Hamlet' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As the Lord Cardinal in his State' (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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by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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'As the Old Artful Appeared in Public' (Richard Cockle Lucas)
by Richard Cockle Lucas
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
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Emily Sarah (née Robinson), Lady Madden
by Richard Cockle Lucas
wax medallion, oval, 1849
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