William Tyler (architect)
William Tyler
Early life
Tyler went to
Sculpture
Tyler's office was in
As a sculptor, he produced various monuments, including that to George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield at Spelsbury in Oxfordshire,[5] and one to Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet of Stamford, Speaker of the House of Commons (1770).[6]
The monument to
A monument in York Minster to vice-admiral Henry Medley is also attributed to Tyler.[7]
Tyler also worked with one of his pupils, Robert Ashton, with whom he produced a monument to scholar Dr Martin Folkes.[2]
Works
- Memorial with bust to Queen's College, Oxford(1756)
- Monument to Thomas Spencer at Guisborough (1759)
- Monument to Oxford Cathedral(1761)
- Monument to Ann Wyndham in Earsham (1762)
- Monument to Thomas Crosfield in Northallerton (1765)
- Memorial with bust to Samuel Vassall in King's Chapel, Boston USA (1766)
- Memorial with bust to Thomas Marriott in Finchingfield (1766)
- Memorial to Thomas Carew in Crowcombe (1766)
- Memorial to Richard Smith in Chichester Cathedral (1767)
- Monument to Charles Holland in Chiswick Parish Church (1769)
- Monument to Sir John Cust, 3rd Baronet in Belton church (1770)
- Memorial to Robert Dinwiddie in Clifton Parish Church (1770)
- Memorial to Thomas Jones (1729-1762) in Southwark Cathedral (1770)
- Monument to Francis Colman in St Mary Abbots in Kensington (1771)
- Monument to George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield in Spelsbury Parish Church (1772)
- Monument to the actor Barton Booth in Westminster Abbey (1772)
- Memorial to Mrs Thomas in Bletchingley (1772)
- Monument to Lady Cust in Belton Church (1772)
- Memorial to the Countess of Rochford in St Osyth, Essex (1773)
- Monument to Anne Yorke in Marchwiel Church (1773)
- Memorial to Dr Zachary Pearce in Westminster Abbey (1774)
- Memorial to General Stringer Lawrence in Westminster Abbey (1775)
- Memorial to General Stringer Lawrence in Dunchideock Church (1775)
- Memorial to Bishop Smyth in Lincoln Cathedral (1775)
- Monument to William Pym in Sandy, Bedfordshire (1775)
- Monument to[Richard Astell in Everton, Bedfordshire (1775)
- Memorial to the Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Lichfield at Spelsbury (1776) to a design by Henry Keene
- Monument to John Harris at Georgeham in Devon ((1776)
- Monument to Sarah Boteler in Eastry, Kent (1777)
- Monument to Thomas Lewis in Old Radnor
- Monument to Charles and Mary Long in Saxmundham (1778)
- Monument to George Perrott in Laleham (1780)
- Memorial to Sevenoaks, Kent(1781)
- Monument to Beeston Long in Saxmundham (1785)
- Memorial to General Lord Sevenoaks, Kent(1797)
Architectural work
During the late 18th century, he worked as an architect. His designs included:
- part of London's Freemasons' Hall (1776; with Thomas Sandby)[8]
- the Ordnance office in Westminster (1779–80) demolished 1805[2]
- the Villa Maria – later renamed Gloucester Lodge – in
- Bridport Town Hall in Dorset (1786)[10][11]
- Dorset County Gaol, Dorchester (c. 1795)[2][3]
Royal Academy
Tyler was a foundation member of the
He appears to have played a leading in a revolt against Sir Joshua Reynolds[12] over the latter's attempts to have Joseph Bonomi elected a full academician and appointed professor of perspective, a dispute which led to Reynolds' temporary resignation from the academy in 1790.[14] In 1795 Tyler and George Dance, were appointed to examine the accounts of the academy following the resignation of Sir William Chambers.[12] The following year Tyler and Dance became the Academy's first auditors, helping put the institution on a sounder financial footing, for which Tyler was presented with a silver cup in 1799.[2]
Tyler died at his home in Caroline Street, Bedford Square, on 6 September 1801.[2]
References
- ^ "William Tyler, R.A." RA Academicians. Royal Academy. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g "William Tyler RA". A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660–1851. Henry Moore Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Dorset Ancestors". Dorset County Gaol. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "William Tyler | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts".
- ^ a b "William Tyler (active circa 1760-died 1801), Sculptor and architect". National Portrait Gallery collection. NPG. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Belton – St Peter & St Paul (near Grantham)". Church Monuments: Lincolnshire. Church Monuments Society. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "The Late 17th And Early 18th Centuries". The York Guides. yorkguides.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ 'Freemasons' Hall', Survey of London: volume 5: St Giles-in-the-Fields, pt II (1914), pp. 59–83. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=74279 Date. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ Allen, Thomas (1837). The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and other parts adjacent, Vol. 5. London: George Virtue.
- ^ "Bridport Town Hall" (PDF). Heritage and Conservation Project. Bridport Town Council. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Town Hall, Bridport". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ a b c Hodgson 1905, p.104
- ^ Graves, Algernon (1905). The Royal Academy: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors from its Foundations in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 8. London: Henry Graves. p. 50.
- ^ Hodgson 1905, p.39
Sources
- Hodgson, J. E.; Eaton, Frederick A. (1905). The Royal Academy and its Members 1768–1830. London: John Murray.