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Taylor, Sir Robert
sculptor and architect; b. 1714; d. Sept. 27, 1788.
The son of a stone mason of London. He visited Rome, and on his return executed, among other works, two monuments in Westminster Abbey, a statue at the Bank, and the sculpture of the pediment of the Mansion House, London. He had a large practice in England, and succeeded James Stuart as surveyor of Greenwich Hospital.
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