Shakespeare Wood

About the Artist: Sidney Lee, Ed., The Dictionary of National Biography...The Concise Dictionary. Oxford University Press, 1920. p. 1432:

"Wood, Shakespeare (1827-1886), sculptor; studied at Royal Academy and in Rome, where he lived many years and died; published works relating to sculpture of Rome." Sidney Lee ed., Dictionary of National Biography. NY. The Macmillan Co, 1909. Vol. XXI, p. 847:

"Wood, Shakespeare (1827-1886), sculptor, born in Manchester. Moved to London and received a part of his education as a sculptor in the schools of the Royal Academy, and about 1851 visited Rome for purposes of further study. For some years he worked hard, and exhibited five sculptors at the Royal Academy between 1868 and 1871. From his first settlement in Rome he took a keen interest in the objects of art and antiquity in and bout the ancient city, and as years went on these subjects engrossed more and more of his time and attention. He delivered lectures to English visitors, and them the benefit of his copious knowledge.... He died in Rome..."