Three Immigrants dominated sculpture during much of the eighteenth century. All worked in Westminster Abbey, which in the eighteenth century was the most highly esteemed gallery of English sculpture--Poets' Corner in particular. The famous Monument to Shakespeare was carved by Scheemakers from a design by Kent following a commission by a committee consisting of Alexander Pope, Burlington, and Dr. Mead. Roubiliac's monument to Handel (1761) is remarkable. All three did numerous portrait busts during a period when portrait painting was in decline, between Kneller and Reynolds. Their busts can be found in the Temple of Ancient Worthies and Temple of Modern Worthies at Stowe, as well as in most London museums.
Here are several busts by Roubiliac:
