caption death_date children birth_place image_size nationality birth_date spouse image article_title education name
john henning by robert scott lauder 1851 five paisley 240px scottish 1771 catherine sunter john henning pg 1375.jpg john henning -lrb- 1771 -- 1851 -rrb-
 self-taught john henning
john henning -lrb- 1771 -- 1851 -rrb-

john henning -lrb- 1771 -- 1851 -rrb- was a scottish carpenter who turned to sculpturing .
his masterpieces were the one twentieth scale models he created of the parthenon and bassae friezes .
these took him twelve years to complete .
he failed to gain a copyright on this work and others profited by copying his work .
