Whatever Happened
to Launt Thompson?
How one of the most important post-Civil War sculptors died in obscurity and is buried in an unmarked grave. ℘℘℘ Lancelot (Launt) Thompson was born in the town of Abbeyleix, in what was then Queens County and is now County Laois, on February 8, 1833. He came to the United States in 1847 with hisRead more..