Edward Hodges Baily

Sculptor : Edward Hodges Baily (10th March 1788 - 22nd May 1867)

Background : Edward was born in Downend in Bristol.

Notes of Interest: Edward Hodges Baily will be most remembered for his statue of Nelson at the top of Nelson's column. His name is often misspelled Bailey. Baily's father was a well known carver of figureheads for ships. William Theed the Younger was one of Baily's pupils. Money problems forever haunted Baily who declared himself bankrupt in 1831 and again in 1838. Baily is buried in London's famous Highgate Cemetery.

List of works by Edward Hodges Baily

Charles James Fox & Lord Mansfield ( St.Stephen's Hall, Westminster, London)

Lord Byron  (Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire)

Michael Faraday (University Museum, Oxford)

Dr Isaac Watts (Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London)

Sir Robert Peel (Market Place, Bury)

Nelson's Column  (Trafalgar Square)

Philip John Miles (Holy Trinity, Abbots Leigh)

Richard Owen (Royal College of Surgeons)

Sir John Herschel (St. John's College, Cambridge)

George O'Brien Wyndham (St.Mary's, Petworth, Sussex)

Charles, 2nd Earl Grey (Newcastle upon Tyne)

Governor Richard Bourke statue (State Library of New South Wales, Sydney)

Athena (The Athenaeum Club, Pall Mall, London)

Sir Thomas Picton (Carmarthen, Wales)

Chief Justice Tindal (Tindal Square, Chelmsford, Essex)

Sir Charles Metcalfe (Kingston, Jamaica)

Thomas Fleming (Manchester Cathedral)

Justice (Old Council House, Bristol)