( - 1820)
Sculptor Lawrence Gahagan [Geoghegan] was born in Dublin. His brother, Sebastian, was also a successful sculptor. Gahagan changed his name from Geoghegan, before moving to London to specialise in the production of small, bronze portrait busts. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1798 to 1817 and at the British Institution in 1809. Among the works shown were busts of William Pitt, Horatio Nelson and lawyer and politician Sir Samuel Romilly. Gahagan was commissioned to make designs for Castle Howard in 1801. In 1806 he submitted a proposed design for the monument to William Pitt to be located in the Guildhall, London, but failed to win the commission. Gahagan’s son, Lucius, and daughter, Sarah, were pupils and assistants to their father.
