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69: 22: 122:.The Boar was moved from Strutt's garden to the Derby Arboretum, which Strutt donated to the town. The Boar was destroyed during World War II but has been recently replaced. Coffee also made a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) terra cotta statue of 563: 314: 225:"The Derbyshire General Infirmary and the Derby Philosophers: The Application of Industrial Architecture and Technology to Medical Institutions in Early-Nineteenth-Century England" 153:
in 1826, where he received commissions including two plaques for the Albany City Hall, c. 1831. He also made the ornamental plaster mouldings for Jefferson's house and for the
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Coffee also produced a terra cotta copy of the Florentine Boar (1806) and a number of terra cotta statues of Greek figures representing medicine and healing for the garden of
656: 670: 957: 107:. During his time in Derby, Coffee made busts of some of the local dignitaries and historic figures including a life size bust of 184: 48:. He also worked in oil paint, although this was not the medium for which he became famous. His early career was as a modeller for 162: 737: 341: 635: 1007: 962: 663: 883: 88:. He left in 1792 following a disagreement with the junior partner, John Sealy. Under Coade he learned the secrets of 815: 649: 1086: 1017: 911: 119: 628: 906: 779: 725: 350: 112: 1091: 916: 840: 810: 480: 1081: 1052: 855: 830: 805: 691: 516: 334: 754: 590: 547: 127: 677: 364: 921: 850: 289: 705: 610: 532: 454: 449: 439: 154: 1059: 972: 719: 580: 327: 1101: 1096: 698: 595: 470: 434: 414: 379: 8: 982: 942: 800: 271:
The directory of Derby Artists quotes: Coffee, "William John - 1774 - 1846. Modeller for
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Little is known of his early life, but from 1790 to 1792 he worked for
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and potteries at Friar Gate in Derby and at the village of
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Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis
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Stone-cast bust of Erasmus Darwin, made by Coffee c 1795
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artist
sculptor
porcelain
terra cotta
William Duesbury
Derby
England

Eleanor Coade
Lambeth
London
Coade stone
William Duesbury
Pinxton Porcelain
Church Gresley
Erasmus Darwin
Derby Museum
Joseph Strutt
Asclepius
William Strutt
Derby Infirmary
New York City
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
Albany
University of Virginia
Winfield Scott
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