John Cheere (1709 - 87) The Man at Hyde Park Corner.

John Cheere at Hyde Park Corner The Observer. [A Collection of Essays. By R. Cumberland.] Vol. 1. 1785 page 33. There is a  reference to his work by the satirist Richard Cumberland in his visit to Sir Theodore and Lady Thimble.  Describing the approach to Sir Theodore’s estate he remarks ‘upon having  caught the glimpse of a well-dressed gentleman, standing in a very becoming attitude, who, I concluded, must be the master of the mansion, waiting our approach; and as I perceived, he had his hat under his arm, expecting us with great politeness and civility, I instantly took mine from my head … but, how was I surprised to find, in place of Sir Theodore, a leaden statue on a pair of ‘scates’, painted in a blue and gold coat, with a red waistcoat, whose person, upon closer examination, I recollected to have been acquainted with some years ago, amongst the elegant group, which a certain celebrated artist exhibits to the amusement of stage-coaches and country wagons, upon their entrance into

(Post in preparation).  John Cheere (1709 - 87), The Man at Hyde Park Corner. Sculptor. Son of John and Mary Cheere of Clapham. Baptised in Clapham on 12 January 1709. Younger brother of sculptor (Sir) Henry Cheere (1703 - 81). In 1737 Henry Cheere and his brother John leased a property together from Anthony Noast (van Nost) in Portugal Row, Piccadilly. Roque the mapmaker described himself as living next door to Cheere's Statuary Yard at the Duke of Grafton's Head. (1743 - 49) where he published his famous map of London. see -  https://mapforum.com/2022/03/09/biography-john-rocque/ ........................... Statuaries at Hyde Park Corner. Sculptor / statuaries Richard Osgood (d. 1724), Edward Hurst, Josias Iback, John Nost the Elder, Andrew Carpenter, (Charpentiere), the Huguenot Henry Nadauld (otherwise Nadue, Noddo, Neddos) 1653 - 1724, Thomas Carter I, William Collins, Richard Dickinson and Thomas Manning (d.1747)  All had yards and workshops at Portugal Row and the Stone