Sir Robert Taylor (1714 - 88).
Sculptor and Architect.
At Mermaid Court, Charing Cross, Westminster, London.
Drawing c. 1750/60.
Born
at Woodford, Essex, Taylor followed in his father's footsteps and started
working as a stonemason and sculptor, spending time as a pupil of Sir Henry
Cheere.
Early commissions, including a bust of London merchant
Christopher Emmott (died 1745) today held in the church of St Bartholomew,
Colne, Lancashire, and another of William Phipps (died 1748), now in the
parish church of Westbury, Wiltshire.