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- ↑ "Charles Raymond Smith - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951".
- ↑ Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1859 by Rupert Gunnis
- ↑ "The Monument in Guildhall of the City of London in Commemoration of Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson".
- ↑ "1806 the Indifference of Sculptors".
- ↑ Gentlemans Magazine 1819 part 1
- ↑ "Charles Raymond Smith - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951".
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