Flaxman definition
(person) 1755-1826; Eng. sculptor & illustrator.
proper name
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His monument by Flaxman is in St Paul's Cathedral.
It was originally intended to form a shrine for Flaxman's marble statue of the poet (now in the National Portrait Gallery), but it proved to be too confined to afford a satisfactory view of the sculptor's work and was at length converted into a museum of Burnsiana (afterwards removed to the municipal buildings).
They continued a practice of Wedgwood's in employing able artists to produce designs, and the most famous of these was John Flaxman, whose name will for ever be associated with the firm's productions.
The church of St John the Baptist is a reconstruction of 1817; it contains monuments by John Flaxman.
The principal building is the parish church of St Martin, a good example of modern Gothic, the interior of which contains some fine sculptures by Flaxman and Chantrey.