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Name Edward Hodges Baily
Gender Male
Birth? 1788 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Marriage 21 Apr 1806 Bristol, Gloucestershire, Englandto Elizabeth Wadley
Occupation? Sculptor Of Nelson's Column
Reference Number? Q204363?


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Edward Hodges Baily (10 March 1788 – 22 May 1867; sometimes misspelled Bailey) was a prolific English sculptor reponsable for numerous public monuments, portrait busts, statues and exhibition pieces as well as works in silver. He carved friezes for both the Marble Arch and Buckingham Palace in London. His numerous statues of public figures include that of Horatio Nelson on top of Nelson's Column and Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey on Grey's Monument in Newcastle upon Tyne. Throughout his career Baily was responsible for creating a number of monuments and memorials for British churches and cathedrals, including several in St Paul's Cathedral.

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