SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY.
Born 1781.—Died 1841.—George III.—George IV.—William IV.—Victoria.
An eminent sculptor, born near Sheffield, well known for his busts and memorial figures. His monument of the Sleeping Children with the broken snow-drops in Lichfield Cathedral, his figure of Watt in Westminster Abbey, and his bust of Scott, are perhaps some of the best and most remembered of his works.