Francis Legatt Chantrey ( 1781 - 1841 )

Birth: Jordanthorpe, in the parish of Norton, Derbyshire, England (07 April 1781) Death: 25 November 1841 Burial: Jordanthorpe, in the parish of Norton, Derbyshire, in a tomb contructed by himself Education: Royal Academy (after 1802) Career: Apprenticed to a carver and guilder, Robert Ramsey (1754-1828) Sheffield; drew portraits and landscape; apprenticeship cancelled (1802) and went to try his fortune, first in Dublin and Edinburgh and finally in London; obtained employment as as Assistant Wood carver, and at soame time devoted himself to portrait painting, bust sculpture, and modelling in clay.