Editing Peter Scheemakers (section)

==Works==
===Westminster Abbey===
Peter Scheemakers created 16 works – monuments, figures, busts and tombs – for Westminster Abbey alone, of which 15 are still in situ: 
[[File:Monument to John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, Westminster Abbey 01.jpg|thumb|Monument to John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, Westminster Abbey]]
* Monument to [[William Shakespeare]] (1740), Peter Scheemakers' most admired work.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/william-shakespeare#i13445 | title=William Shakespeare }}</ref> However, as this was designed by [[William Kent]], the admiration for design and execution should rightly be shared.
* Monument to [[John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby]] d.Feb 1721. Based on Plumier's design which he started, but completed by Peter Scheemakers and Laurent Delvaux after Plumier's unexpected death. Dedicated in 1722.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/john-sheffield-duke-of-buckingham-family | title=John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham & family }}</ref>
* Monument to Dr [[Hugh Chamberlen]] d.June 1728, paid for by the widowed Duchess of Buckingham, and also executed in collaboration with Laurent Delvaux.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/hugh-chamberlen | title=Hugh Chamberlen }}</ref> 
* Monument to Admiral Sir [[Charles Wager]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/charles-wager#i13714 | title=Charles Wager }}</ref>
* Monument to [[Charles Watson (Royal Navy officer)|Vice-Admiral Watson]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/charles-watson#i14772 | title=Charles Watson }}</ref>
* Monument to [[Percy Kirke (British Army officer)|Lt. General Percy Kirke]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/percy-kirk#i14513 | title=Percy Kirk }}</ref>
* Monument to [[George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/george-howe#i13551 | title=George Howe }}</ref>
* Monument to [[General Monck]], also designed by William Kent and executed by Peter Scheemakers <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/george-and-nicholas-monck#i13144 | title=George and Nicholas Monck }}</ref>
* Monument to [[Henry Belasyse (died 1717)|Sir Henry Belasyse]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-henry-belasyse#i13264 | title=Sir Henry Belasyse }}</ref>
* Bust of [[John Dryden]] (1720) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/john-dryden#i15130 | title=John Dryden }}</ref>
* Bust of Dr [[Richard Mead]] (1754) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/richard-mead#i13507 | title=Richard Mead }}</ref>
* Memorial to [[Thomas Jordan (poet)|Thomas Jordan]] (1736)
* Memorial to [[Lord Aubrey Beauclerk]] (1741) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/beauclerk-family#i13210 | title=Beauclerk family }}</ref>
* Memorial to Admiral Sir [[John Balchen]] (1744) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/sir-john-balchen#i13289 | title=Sir John Balchen }}</ref><ref name="eb1911"/> 
* Memorial to [[William Horneck]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/anthony-william-horneck#i13549 | title=Anthony & William Horneck }}</ref>
* Tomb of Dr [[John Woodward (naturalist)|John Woodward]] (d.1728) <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/john-woodward#i13658 | title=John Woodward }}</ref>
* Tomb of Magdalen Walsh (d.1747). The latter was relocated due to the placement of the Memorial to the Armed Forces in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/magdalen-walsh#i14788 | title=Magdalen Walsh }}</ref>

===Other works in England===
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[[File:Statue Of Thomas Guy-Guys Hospital-London.JPG|thumb|upright|Statue of [[Thomas Guy]]]]
[[File:RolleMonumentChittlehamptonChurchDevon.JPG|thumb|upright|Samuel Rolle monument in Chittlehampton Church]]
[[File:010-SFEC-HULL-20070329-KINGBILLY.JPG|thumb|upright|William III in Hull]]
[[File:Bacchus by Peter Scheemakers - Wrest Park - Bedfordshire, England - DSC08011.jpg|thumb|upright|''Bacchus'', [[Wrest Park]], [[Bedfordshire]]]]

* Monument to Sir Michael Warton (c.1730) in [[Beverley Minster]]
* Monument to [[Montague Garrard Drake]] (c.1730) in [[Amersham]]
* Monument to Sir Thomas Hodgson (1732) in [[Barnby upon Don|Barnby-upon-Don]], Yorkshire
* Monument to William Douglas (1732) in St Lawrence's Church in [[Reading, Berkshire]]
* Monument to Sir [[John Potenger]] and his wife Philadelphia Ernle (1733) in [[Blunsdon]], Wiltshire
* Statue of [[Thomas Guy]] (1734) in the courtyard of [[Guy's Hospital]], London
* Equestrian Statue of William III (1734) in [[Kingston-upon-Hull]]
* Statue of Sir [[John Barnard]] (1737) for [[Royal Exchange, London]]
* Statue of King [[Edward VI]] (1737) in St Thomas's Hospital, London
* Memorial (with busts) to Sir [[Thomas Reeve]] and his wife (1737) in John the Baptist Church in [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] 
* Memorial to Lady Newton of [[Culverthorpe Hall]] (1737) in [[Heydour]] Parish Church, Lincolnshire
* Memorial to Lord and Lady Curzon of [[Kedleston Hall]] (1737) in [[Kedleston]] Parish Church, Derbyshire
* Memorial to [[Sir George Beaumont, 4th Baronet]] (1737) in [[Stoughton, Leicestershire|Stoughton]], Leicestershire
* Memorial to Charles Fleetwood (1737) in [[Ely Cathedral]]
* Memorial to [[Sir Justinian Isham, 5th Baronet]] (1737) in [[Lamport, Northamptonshire|Lamport]], Northamptonshire
* Memorial to [[Samuel Palmer (surgeon)|Dr Samuel Palmer FRS]] (1738) in [[Wandsworth]] Parish Church
* Memorial to Mary daughter of [[John Hanger (banker)|John Hanger]] (1739) in [[St Michael's Church, Bray]], Berkshire
* Statue of Marwood Turner (1739) in [[Kirkleatham]], Yorkshire
* Bust of [[William Harvey]] (1739) in the [[Royal College of Physicians]]
* Memorial to [[Lady Elizabeth Hastings]] (1739) in [[Ledston]], West Yorkshire
* Memorial to [[John Rudge (banker)|John Rudge]] (1740) in [[Wheatfield, Oxfordshire]]
* Bust of [[Earl Temple of Stowe]] (1740) at [[Stowe House]]
* Tomb of Admiral [[Salmon Morrice]] (1740) in St Mary's Church in [[Betteshanger]], Kent
* Tomb of [[Hare baronets|Susanna Hare]] (1741) in [[Stow Bardolph]], Norfolk
* Tomb of [[Abraham Sharp]] (1742) in [[Bradford Cathedral]]
* Tomb of [[Sir Christopher Powell, 4th Baronet]] (1742) in [[Boughton Monchelsea]], Kent
* Various statues (including the Dying Gladiator) (1743) at [[Rousham House]], Oxfordshire
* Grave of Sir Michael Newton of [[Culverthorpe Hall]] (1746) in [[Heydour]], Lincolnshire
* Tomb of [[Samuel Rolle (1669-1735)|Samuel Rolle]] (1746) in [[Chittlehampton]] Parish Church, Devon
* Bust of King Edward (1747) at [[King Edward's School, Birmingham]]
* Tomb of [[Thomas Lewis (died 1736)|Thomas Lewis]] (1747) in [[Soberton]], Hampshire
* Tomb of [[John Norris (Royal Navy officer)|Admiral John Norris]] (1750) in St George's Church in [[Benenden]], Kent
* Tomb of John Whitbread (grandfather of [[Samuel Whitbread (1720–1796)|Samuel Whitbread]]) (1750) in [[Cardington, Bedfordshire]]
* Tomb of Sir [[Bridges baronets|Brook Bridges]] (1752) in [[Goodnestone, Swale|Goodnestone]], Kent
* Tomb of Robert Tothill and his wife (1753) in [[Urchfont]], Wiltshire
* Tomb of Sir Jemmet Raymond (1754) in [[Kintbury]], Berkshire
* Tomb of Margaret Verney, Lady Feversham (1755) in [[Downton, Wiltshire]]
* Tomb of [[Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond|Lord Raymond]] (1756) at [[Abbots Langley]], Hertfordshire
* Bust of [[Roger Cotes]] (1758) in [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]
* Bust of [[Robert Smith (mathematician)|Dr Robert Smith]] (1758) in Trinity College, Cambridge
* Grave of Sir [[Matthew Decker]] (1759) in St Mary Magdalene Church in [[Richmond, Surrey]]
* Tomb of Sir George Petre (1759) in St Mary's Church in [[Studley, Warwickshire|Studley]], Warwickshire<ref>{{National Heritage List for England|num=1024491|desc=Church of St Mary|access-date=6 March 2022}}</ref>
* Bust of [[Paul Methuen (diplomat)|Sir Paul Methuen]] (1764) at [[Corsham Court]] in Wiltshire
* Statues of Admiral Sir [[George Pocock]], [[Clive of India|Lord Clive]] and General Laurence (1764) in the [[India Office]] in London
* Statuary group of [[Cain and Abel|Cain killing Abel]] (c.1760) at [[Chiswick House]], London
* Bust of [[James Jurin]] (1766) in Trinity College, Cambridge
* Tom of [[Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke]] (1766) in [[Wimpole]], Cambridgeshire
* Bust of [[Edward Wortley Montagu (diplomat)|Edward Wortley Montagu]] (1766) in Trinity College, Cambridge
* Busts of both the 3rd and 4th [[Earl of Shaftesbury]] (DNK) at [[St Giles House, Wimborne St Giles|St Giles House]], Dorset
* Tablet to Mary Gardiner (died 1748) in [[St George's Church, Tombland, Norwich]] (signature visible on monument)

Further works include memorials to the [[Duke of Ancaster|1st and 2nd Dukes of Ancaster]] at [[Edenham]], Lincolnshire; Lord Chancellor Hardwicke at [[Wimpole]], Cambridgeshire; the [[Duke of Kent]], his wives and daughters, at [[Flitton]], Bedfordshire; the [[Earl of Shelburne]], at [[Wycombe, Bucks|Wycombe]], Buckinghamshire; and the figure on the sarcophagus to Montague Sherrard Drake, at [[Amersham]], Buckinghamshire.<ref name="eb1911" /> Another example of his work is the memorial to Topham Foote (or Foot) in the parish church of [[St John the Baptist Church, Windsor]]. This burial monument, which includes the young man's bust and the Foote family crest, greets visitors in the main High Street entrance, {{convert|300|ft|-1}} from the [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] gate to [[Windsor Castle]]. There is also a memorial to Sir [[Thomas Reeve]], [[Chief Justice of the Common Pleas]], 1736–37 in the church.

===Ireland===
In 1743, Mary Coghill erected the parish church of Clonturk (now [[Drumcondra Church]]) in memory of her brother [[Marmaduke Coghill]], and placed in it a statue of her brother by Scheemakers.<ref name=bodddy>{{cite book|last=Hayton|first= David |year=2005|title=Letters of Marmaduke Coghill, 1722–1738|page= xxii|location=Dublin|publisher= Irish Manuscripts Commission|isbn = 9781874280682}}</ref>

He also was the sculptor of fourteen of the busts in the Long Room of the [[Trinity College Library]] in Dublin, including [[James Ussher]], [[William Shakespeare]], [[John Milton]], [[John Locke]], [[Cicero]], [[Homer]], [[Aristotle]] and [[Socrates]].

===On banknotes===
Between 1970 and 1993, an image of Scheemakers's Shakespeare statue appeared on the reverse of Series D [[Bank of England note issues|£20 notes]] issued by the [[Bank of England]]. Alongside the statue was an engraving of the balcony scene from ''Romeo and Juliet''.<ref name="banknote1">{{cite web|url=http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/16/16|title=What Did Shakespeare Look Like?|publisher=The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust|accessdate=2008-10-17|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014011836/http://www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/16/16|archivedate=2008-10-14 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="banknote2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/denom_guide/index.htm|title=Withdrawn Banknotes Reference Guide|publisher=Bank of England|accessdate=2008-10-22 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>