Edward Hodges Baily (March 10, 1788 - May 22, 1867) was a British sculptor who was born in Bristol. March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in Leap years). ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ... Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ...

His father, who was a celebrated carver of figureheads for ships, destined him for a commercial life, but even at school the boy showed his natural taste and talents by producing numerous wax models and busts of his schoolfellows, and afterwards, when placed in a mercantile house, still carried on his favourite employment. Two Homeric studies, executed for a friend, were shown to John Flaxman, who bestowed on them such high commendation that in 1807 Baily came to London and placed himself as a pupil under the great sculptor. In 1809 he entered the Academy schools. A figurehead is a person, usually in a political role, who may hold an important title or office yet executes little actual power. ... Wax has traditionally referred to a substance that is secreted by bees (beeswax) and used by them in constructing their honeycombs. ... A physical model is used in various contexts to mean a physical representation of some thing. ... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For other uses, see Homer (disambiguation). ... John Flaxman (July 6, 1755 - December 7, 1826), was an English sculptor and draughtsman. ... 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the most populous city in the European Union, with an estimated population on 1 January 2005 of 7. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1811 he gained the Royal Academy gold medal for a model of Hercules restoring Alcestis to Admetus, and soon after exhibited Apollo discharging his Arrows against the Greeks and Hercules casting Lichas into the Sea. In 1821 he was elected R.A., and exhibited one of his best pieces, Eve at the Fountain. He was entrusted with the carving of the bas-reliefs on the south side of the Marble Arch in Hyde Park, and executed numerous busts and statues of public figures, including the prominent, well-known statue of Nelson in Trafalgar Square. In 1857, the year of his retirement from the Royal Academy, he also designed a Turner Gold Medal for Landscape Painting. 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Hercules and Cacus, by Baccio Bandinelli, 1525 - 1534. ... A princess in Greek mythology, Alcestis (might of the home) was known for her love for her husband. ... In Greek mythology, Admetus was a king of Pherae in Thessaly, succeeding his father Pheres after whom the city was named. ... Apollo (Greek: Απόλλων, Apóllōn; Απελλων) is a god in Greek and Roman mythology, the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin of Artemis (goddess of the hunt), one of the most important and many-sided of the Olympian divinities. ... In Greek mythology, Lichas was Heracles servant. ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses of Adam or Eve, see Adam (disambiguation) and Eve (disambiguation). ... Marble Arch Marble Arch is a white Carrara marble monument near Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, at the western end of Oxford Street in London, England. ... The Serpentine, viewed from the eastern end. ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ... Trafalgar Square is a square in central London that commemorates the Battle of Trafalgar (1805), a British naval victory of the Napoleonic Wars. ...

Baily's election as a fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) came in 1842.

Financial insecurity was a recurring theme in his life. He was first declared bankrupt in 1831, and again in 1838. On the first ocassion questions were asked in Parliament on his behalf because his financial distress had resulted from delays in receieving payment for sculptures at Buckingham Palace. Fortunately his appeals to the Royal Academy for financial assistance, were successful in the 1830s, as again in the 1860s, when they provided him with a pension of £200 a year as an honorary retired RA.

Amongst Baily's many busts and statues of scientific, religious and literary figures (mostly from the Victorian period but some from earlier periods) are following :

Edward Baily's public statue to Dr Watts at Abney Park, Stoke Newington

• Charles James Fox & Lord Mansfield - St.Stephen's Hall, Westminster
• Lord Byron - Harrow School; and Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire
• Michael Faraday - University Museum, Oxford
• Dr Isaac Watts - Dr Watts' Walk, Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington
• Sir Robert Peel - Market Place, Bury
• Horatio, Viscount Nelson - on Railton's column, Trafalgar Square
• Richard Owen - Royal College of Surgeons
• Sir John Herschel - St. John's College, Cambridge
• Thomas Bewick - Literary & Philosophical Society, Newcastle upon Tyne
• George O'Brien Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont - St.Mary's, Petworth, Surrey
• Charles, 2nd Earl Grey - Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

Edward Hodges Baily RA FRS died at 99 Devonshire Road, Holloway on 22nd May 1867 and is buried in London's Highgate Cemetery. Image File history File links Drwatts_EHBaily. ... Image File history File links Drwatts_EHBaily. ... Abney Park Cemetery—every turn of the path reveals a new and unique landscape (September 2005). ... Stoke Newington Church Street, September 2005 - a mecca for restaurant goers Stoke Newington is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. ... Holloway is an area in North London in the London Borough of Islington and follows the line of the A1 road. ... Circle of Lebanon, West Cemetery Entrance to the Egyptian Avenue, West Cemetery Highgate Cemetery is a famous cemetery located in Highgate, London, England. ...