Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Adams-Acton, John
ADAMS-ACTON, John, sculptor, born Dec. 11, 1833, at Acton, Middlesex, and educated at Ealing Grove School, was admitted to the Royal Academy in 1853, where he gained the first silver medal in each school, and also the gold medal for an original composition in sculpture. He was sent to Rome by the Royal Academy as travelling student. His principal works in ideal sculpture produced in Rome and in England are "The Lady of the Lake," "The First Sacrifice" (Abel), "II Giuocatore di Castelletto," "Pharaoh's Daughter;" "Zonobia," "Cupid," "Psyche," from Morris's "Earthly Paradise." Mr. Adams-Acton has executed portrait statues or busts of Mr. Gladstone (St. George's Hall, Liverpool), Lord Brougham (Reform Club and Fishmongers' Hall), Mr. Bright (Seaforth Hall), Mr. Cobden, Sir Wilfrid Lawson, George Cruikshank, John Gibson (Royal Academy), George Moore, Charles Dickens, Dr. Jobson, and John Prescott Knight, R.A.; also the following statues and busts for India:—Prince of Wales, Lord Napier of Magdala, and E. Powell (for Madras). The most important monuments executed by him are the Angel of the Resurrection, Mausoleum of Sir Titus Salt at Saltaire, Memorial to John and Charles Wesley in Westminster Abbey, the Waldegrave Memorial in Carlisle Cathedral, Charles Prest in the City Road Chapel, a bust of Mr. George Routledge, J.P., and a "half-length portrait, reading a book," of Mr. John Landseer, A.R.A. Mr. Adams-Acton was elected a member of the Society of British Artists in 1883.