Baily

Baily, Edward Hodges, R.A., born in 1788 at Bristol, where he entered a merchant's office, but displaying a talent for carving and modelling, was taken by Flaxman into his studio (1807). He also worked at the schools of the Royal Academy, and won the gold medal in 1811 for his Hercules rescuing Alcestis. In 1817, being elected A.R.A., he exhibited Eve at the Fountain, which established his reputation. He became R.A. four years later. Few of his best works reveal Flaxman's classical influence. His genius lay in dealing with familiar and domestic conceptions, and his most popular creations were entitled Mother and Child, A Group of Children, The Sleeping Girl, Eve listening to the Voice, etc. The statues of C. J. Fox and Lord Mansfield in St. Stephen's Hall are from his chisel, and many of his monumental efforts are to be seen at St. Paul's and elsewhere. He died in 1867.