Charles Summers b. 1825

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Sculptor, star pupil at Royal Academy in the late 1840s, but came to Melbourne due to TB. His most famous work is the life-sized statue of Burke and Wills in Melbourne.ummers left Australia with his family in 1867, toured Britain and the Continent.
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Sculptor, star pupil at Royal Academy in the late 1840s (bronze medal RA Schools 1850). He came to Melbourne because of tuberculosis; briefly searched for gold with his brothers (two of whom found some) then reverted to his profession. He married Augustine Amiot at Melbourne in 1851; their son Charles Francis was born there in 1858. He was renowned for his helpfulness to students and other would-be sculptors, e.g. Margaret Thomas and William Stanford .

His most famous work is the life-sized statue of Burke and Wills in Melbourne. Other works include a medallion profile portrait of Dr James Neild held by the Australian Medical Association

Summers left Australia with his family in 1867, toured Britain and the Continent then settled in Rome. He died at Neuilly, Paris, in 1878 and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011