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T<br />
HE name Chantrey is a<br />
familiar one to people living in<br />
Norton and Woodseats.<br />
There’s the Chantrey pub, Chantrey<br />
Road and there even used to be a<br />
Chantrey Picture House on<br />
Chesterfield Road.<br />
But how many people<br />
travelling through the area<br />
know about the man these<br />
were named after?<br />
Sir Francis Leggatt<br />
Chantrey was a famous<br />
sculptor, born in Norton in<br />
1782, but his influence<br />
reached far beyond our<br />
area.<br />
He started off as a wood carver<br />
but after receiving lessons in<br />
painting he decided he wanted to<br />
become an artist and went to try his<br />
fortune in Dublin, Edinburgh and<br />
London. While still working as a<br />
wood-carver, he devoted himself to<br />
portrait-painting, bust-sculpture, and<br />
Answers from page 18<br />
1.Argentina 2.Chad 3.Malta<br />
4.Finland 5.Italy 6.Germany<br />
7.Iceland 8.Portugal 9.<br />
Romania 10. Japan 11.France<br />
12. Norway 13. Netherlands 14.Chile<br />
15.Croatia 16.Cyprus 17.Austria<br />
18.Belgium 19.Hungary 20.Greece<br />
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clay modelling and also exhibited<br />
pictures at the Royal Academy.<br />
His sculpting talents were soon<br />
recognised and one of his first major<br />
works was the model of the head of<br />
Satan which was exhibited<br />
at the Royal Academy. In<br />
1819 he visited Italy and<br />
met the most distinguished<br />
sculptors of Florence and<br />
Rome. He became a<br />
member of the Royal<br />
Academy and was knighted<br />
in 1835.<br />
Chantrey's works are<br />
numerous and include<br />
statues of George<br />
Washington in the State-house at<br />
Boston, Massachusetts, George III in<br />
The Guildhall, London, William Pitt<br />
the Younger in Hanover Square,<br />
London, and James Watt in<br />
Westminster Abbey.<br />
He died in 1841 and was buried in<br />
a tomb constructed by himself in<br />
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Call St Chad’s Church office on<br />
0114 274 5086<br />
or email<br />
impact@stchads.org<br />
St Chads Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats<br />
email: office@stchads.org<br />
Church Offices: 15 Camping Lane, Sheffield S8 0GB Page 25 website: www.stchads.org<br />
Tel: (0114) 274 5086
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