Lot Essay
ADAMS-ACTON, John 1831-1910.
Studied at the Royal Academy, gaining a scholarship, enabling him to travel to Rome, under John Gibson for ten years. He began exhibiting at the R.A. in 1851 under his original name of John Adams, but later adopted the hyphenated name, distinguishing himself from the painter called John Adams. His works include busts of Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort, King Edward VII and Sir Titus Salt, and statues of Gladstone at Liverpool and Blackburn.
Studied at the Royal Academy, gaining a scholarship, enabling him to travel to Rome, under John Gibson for ten years. He began exhibiting at the R.A. in 1851 under his original name of John Adams, but later adopted the hyphenated name, distinguishing himself from the painter called John Adams. His works include busts of Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort, King Edward VII and Sir Titus Salt, and statues of Gladstone at Liverpool and Blackburn.