(1821 - 1898)
George Gammon Adams attended the Royal Academy Schools from 1840. He later spent a year in Rome, studying under John Gibson. Adams gained recognition after exhibiting work at the Great Exhibition and also designing prize medals for the exhibition. In 1852 he was selected to model the death mask of Wellington. Following this Gammon exhibited six works depicting the Duke and gained commissions for several public monuments. He made a series of busts of notable public figures during the 1850s and ‘60s. Adams exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution. His public sculptures include ‘General Sir Charles James Napier’ (1855) on the South-western plinth in Trafalgar Square and the ‘Dean of Ripon’ at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool.
