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John Bushnell
The Eccentric Visionary: The Life and Legacy of John Bushnell In the annals of British art history, few figures possess a narrative as captivatingly turbulent as John Bushnell (1636–1701). A sculptor whose hands shaped the very stone of London’s most sacred spaces, his life was a dramatic tapestry woven with prodigious talent, international wanderlust, and an increasingly erratic temperament. Born in Holborn, London, to a humble plumbe
r, Bushnell’s early years were defined by the sudden loss of his father, a hardship that thrust him into the rigorous world of craftsmanship at a young age. Around 1650, he entered an apprenticeship under the stonemason Thomas Burman, where he began to master the foundational language of marble and monument. Yet, this formative period was also marked by scandal; falsely accused of impropriety involving his master's maidservant, Bushnel…