BANKS, THOMAS

BANKS, THOMAS
   an eminent English sculptor, born at Lambeth; first appreciated by the Empress Catharine; his finest works, "Psyche" and "Achilles Enraged," now in the entrance-hall of Burlington House; he excelled in imaginative art (1735-1805).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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