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Robert William Sievier FRS (1794-1865) was a notable English engraver, sculptor and later inventor of the 19th century.

Engraver and sculptor

Sievier showed an early talent for drawing, and studied under John Young and Edward Scriven, before attending the Royal Academy Schools from 1818. His speciality was portrait engravings, though he also did other works, including subjects from William Etty (whose portrait he also engraved). By 1823, however, he'd abandoned engraving for sculpture. His sculpture portrait subjects included Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Sir Thomas Lawrence (the latter work now in the Sir John Soane's Museum). His students included William F Woodington and Musgrave Watson.
Sievier exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1822 until 1844, and his output there included several busts, figure subjects, gravestones and monuments. His first studio was in London's Southampton Row; in 1837, he relocated to Henrietta Street, near Cavendish Square, and he'd a separate residence in Upper Holloway.

Other works

statue of Charles Dibdin, at Greenwich
statue of Field Marshal William Harcourt, 3rd Earl Harcourt (St Andrew's, Clewer, and St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle)
a bust of Silvester in the Old Bailey
a bust/monument to Sir George Paul (1746-1820), prison reformer and county administrator - in the south aisle of Gloucester Cathedral
Portrait bust of Judge Robert Dallas (1756-1824) - produced in 1822
a pediment decorated with urns and a sculpture of Flora in Coade stone, along the Central Avenue of Covent Garden Market Hall
Statuette of Captain Thomas Coram, Foundling Hospital, London
figure of Edward Jenner (d. 1823), discoverer of smallpox vaccination, set on a pedestal beside the west door of Gloucester Cathedral.
a monument to himself in Kensal Green Cemetery (Sievier had been a member of the Cemetery's board).

Inventor

In 1836, Sievier patented a process for rubberising fabrics and formed a ‘patent’ company (the London Caoutchouc Company - caoutchouc being the original name for India rubber). The company became large-scale manufacturers of elastic driving bands for machinery, rope for mines, waterproof cloths and garments, and waterproof canvas, as well the first rubber-insulated wire. His interests in manufacturing took over from the early 1840s onwards. Sievier's factory was situated close to his home, the Old Manor House, in Upper Holloway, at the south corner of Red Cap Lane (later Elthorne Road). Sievier also carried out experiments in electrical telegraphy there. The house was demolished in 1897.

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