Category:William Torell

**William Torell**
	British artist
	Upload media
	Wikipedia
Occupation	sculptor;
Authority file
	Q8019470; Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID: 55384; Europeana entity: agent/base/21316
	Reasonator; Scholia; Wikidocumentaries; PetScan; statistics; WikiMap; Locator tool; KML file; Search depicted;

English: William Torell, also spelled Torel, Torrel, Torrell, Toral etc., (working late 13th century), from a notable family of London goldsmiths,[1] was an English sculptor responsible for the very fine gilded brass funeral effigies of Henry III of England and his son's queen Eleanor of Castile in Westminster Abbey (1291–93);[2] the idealised recumbent figures are set within a tomb of Cosmati work by immigrant craftsmen. They were the first English metal sculptures on such a scale.

This is a biographical category related to a single person who is the author, artist or creator of objects depicted in the files of this category. The category can be improved by adding a {{Creator}} template to the files.

Please add the parameter |wikidata=<Wikidata q-code of the person> to this template, if known. Or, you may create the template yourself whether you have the wikidata q-code or not.