Gerard Johnson (sculptor)
- Gerard Johnson (sculptor)
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His father, also called Gerard Johnson, came to England in 1567 from Holland. He established himself as a monumental sculptor in London. Johnson's father had worked on a monument to the 1st Earl of Southampton, which also depicts Shakespeare's patron, the 3rd Earl, as a young man. Shakespeare would probably have seen the monument while staying at Titchfield. [Jane Martineau, "Shakespeare in Art", Merrell, 2003, p.21] The younger Johnson's monument is in Holy Trinity church, Stratford upon Avon, and was probably commissioned by Shakespeare's son-in-law John Hall. The attribution to Johnson is contained in William Dugdale's "Antiquities of Warwickshire", published in 1656, but no other evidence of Johnson's authorship exists. Dugdale also states that the younger Johnson created the memorial in Holy Trinity church to Shakespeare's friend John Combe, who left the playwright a legacy in his will. This would probably have been installed in 1615 while Shakespeare was still alive. It is also possible that Shakespeare knew the Johnson family from his London days, since their workshop was close to the Globe theatre. [Tarnya Cooper, "Searching for Shakespeare", National Portrait Gallery, 2006, p.51.]
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