Joseph Wilton

Joseph Wilton
Winton holding a bust of Demosthenes, portrait by Louis-Gabriel Blanchet
Born16 July 1722 Edit this on Wikidata
London Edit this on Wikidata
Died25 November 1803 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 81)
London Edit this on Wikidata
Resting placeSt. Mary the Virgin Church, Wanstead Edit this on Wikidata
Portrait bust of Dr Antonio Cocchi, 1755, Joseph Wilton V&A Museum no. A.9–1966
Roubiliac by Joseph Wilton, 1761, National Portrait Gallery, London
Oliver Cromwell by Joseph Wilton, 1762, Victoria and Albert Museum
Unknown man (thought to be Dr Edward Archer), 1781, Victoria and Albert Museum

Joseph Wilton RA (16 July 1722 – 25 November 1803) was an English sculptor. He was one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768, and the academy's third keeper. His works are particularly numerous memorialising the famous Britons in Westminster Abbey.