Editing Joseph Nollekens (section)

==Death==
He died in London in 1823, having made a considerable fortune from his work; he left around £200,000 in his will. He is buried in [[St James's Church, Paddington]] with a monument by [[William Behnes]].<ref name="dict" />

A biography ''Nollekens and his Times''<ref name="smith2" /> by his executor [[John Thomas Smith (1766–1833)|John Thomas Smith]] was published in 1828, portraying him as a grotesque miser. It has been described as "perhaps the most candid biography ever published in the English language."<ref name="graves" /> It has been suggested he was the model for the miser Briggs in ''[[Cecilia (Burney novel)|Cecilia]]''.<ref name="roscoe1" /> His collection of prints and drawings, including 'a matchless collection of the works of Sir [[Joshua Reynolds]]', was sold at auction by R. H. Evans on 4 December 1823. A copy of the catalogue, priced and with buyers' names, is at [[Cambridge University Library]] (shelfmark Munby.c.126(14)).

No. 44 Mortimer Street in [[Fitzrovia]] stands on the site of the house where Nollekens died and has a [[blue plaque]] commemorating him.<ref name="plaque" />

American poet [[Randall Jarrell]] commemorated Nollekens in his poem entitled "Nollekens", collected in his 1956 volume ''Selected Poems''.<ref name="jarrell" />