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Richard Arkwright Junior

Joseph Nollekins was the leading portrait sculptor of his day. He worked on statues and monuments as well but busts are considered to be where he did his finest work. Nollekins studied in Rome for ten years and returned to England in 1770 where he ran a very prolific and successful workshop. His statue of the Goddess Diana (Formerly in Wentworth Woodhouse) is in the V&A Museum, London. Originally titled as Richard Arkwright, this bust is thought to be of Richard Arkwright Junior, the famous industrialist’s son.