Thomas Engleheart (1745–1809), [1] was an English sculptor and modeller in wax.
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Engleheart was one of the sons of Francis Engleheart of Kew, and elder brother of George Engleheart, miniature Painter to George III. He was a student at the Royal Academy, and in 1772 competed with John Flaxman for the gold medal given by the Royal Academy for a bas-relief of "Ulysses and Nausicaa". In this competition Engleheart was successful, to the bitter disappointment of Flaxman. [2] In 1777 the Society of Arts awarded him a prize for a six-foot tall model depicting John the Baptist in the desert. [1] He exhibited various busts and models in wax at the Royal Academy from 1773 to 1786. [2] Engleheart was described in a 1902 biography of his brother George as "a very religious man of enthusiastic Evangelical opinions." [3] He died in 1809. [1]
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