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).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Banks, Sir Joseph * Bannatyne Club