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Thomas Carter (sculptor)

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Nephew and son-in-law of Thomas Younger the Elder, he was probably apprenticed to him. On the Elder'd death in 1756 he bequeathed his stock to Benjamin Carter, his brother, who also specialised in chimneypieces. But Thomas the Younger appears to have gone into business with Benjamin and together they
22:(1702–1756) was an 18th century British sculptor. His nephew, also Thomas Carter (d.1795), was a sculptor who worked with him and it is hard to separate some sections of their work. They specialised in ornate marble fireplaces for English country mansions. 87: 42:
who had met him through a business connection. This permitted him to get an assistant and buy some better quality marbles. Through this action he employed
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He was married to Mary and had two daughters: Elizabeth and Ann. The latter was wife of Thomas Carter the Younger (her first cousin).
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Most of the Carters' work still survive in-situ. Some examples of their work such as the "
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Carter the Younger appears to have been the craftsman who worked with
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Chimneypieces for the offices of Ransome, Morland and Hammersley of
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at The Vyne in Hampshire (1775-1780) commissioned by Sir John Chute
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Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis p.407
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Chimney-piece, for the Saloon, Milton Park, designed by
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Chimneypiece at Blair Castle by Thomas Carter the Elder
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His was born in London in 1702. He had a stone yard in
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Index

Shepherd Market
London
Charles Jervas
Roubiliac
Hanover Square, Westminster
John Deare
Peter Matthias Van Gelder
John Cheere


Sir William Chambers
Henry Every
Newton Solney
Speaker Conolly
Celbridge
Antony, Cornwall
Branston, Lincolnshire
Great Bookham
Rousham Park
Longford Castle
Holkham
Norfolk
James West
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Sherborne Abbey
Welbeck Abbey
Moulsham
Essex
Oakover Hall
Uppark

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