Charles Raymond Smith
Charles Raymond Smith was a 19th-century British sculptor.
Life
He was born in Marylebone in London the son of James Smith, a sculptor of some renown. Charles won the Silver Isis Medal from the Society of Arts in 1817 and their Gold Isis Medal in 1821 for a group of two figures. He attended the Royal Academy Schools from 1816 and won a Silver Medal in 1821 and the Large Gold Medal in 1822 for "The Fight for the Body of Patroclus".He obtained a post as assistant to William Tollemache prior to working for J P P Kendrick.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1820 to 1840 and at the British Institution from 1829 to 1833.
He died at 246 Marylebone Road on 15 April 1888.
Works
- Bust of Mr Ricci
- Statue of Rev Thomas Dunham Whitaker at Whalley, Lancashire
- Monument to Major Sayer at Clare, Suffolk
- Bust of Edward Goldsmith
- Monument to George Holroyd at Reigate
- Monument to James Hudson at Newington-by-Sittingbourne
- Monument to William Williams in Chichester Cathedral
- Monument to Elizabeth Rose in Carshalton
- Monument to the Countess of Clonmell at Marylebone Parish Church
- Bust of Col Dalrymple
- Monument to Mary Walker at Sand Hutton
- Bust of George Campbell of New York
- Statuary at Mamhead Park for Sir Robert Newman
- Tomb of Jacob Britton in Durham Cathedral
- Statues of Raphael and Michelangelo for Lord Lansdowne at Bowood House
- Bust of Winthrop Praed
- Bust of Rev Thomas Gisborne at Durham University
- Wall monument to Samuel Sparshott in St Ann's Church, HMNB Portsmouth
- Pair of bronze stags and a fountain for Pynes House in Exeter
- St George and the Dragon Fountain at Holkham Hall
- Tomb of Grace Darling at Bamburgh churchyard
Family