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"if he failed to produce any masterpieces, he at least made some stir in his own day. Springing from peasant stock, received as an artist into the aristocratic circles of the day, marrying much above his original environment, passionately single-minded and often unreasonably despondent about his own work, he is also a striking instance of the opening to the talents that artistic careers then provided."

Boase, T. S. R. "John Graham Lough: A Transitional Sculptor." Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 23 3/4 (Jul.-Dec., 1960): 277-90.

He was baptised John, but added Graham to his name when he arrived in    London. His maternal grandmother was Jane Graham. As John Graham Lough,   he was a Sculptor of some renown, and among his  work, is the Memorial to  George Stephenson, inaugurated in 1862, still to  be seen on it's   original site, near to the Central Station in Newcastle,  also the Collingwood Monument at Tynemouth, Admiral Lord Collingwood, looking out  to sea, over the mouth of the River Tyne.  Dates related to the family, have been confirmed or   obtained from a book by John Lough & Elizabeth  Merson nee Lough, titled   "John Graham Lough, 1798-1876, A Northern  Sculptor". ISBN 0 85115 480 8

According to the Wikipedia article about Lough:  "Lough received a provisional commission to carve four granite lions for the base of Nelson's Column. However, in 1846, after consultations with the column's designer, William Railton, he withdrew from the project, unwilling to work under the constraints imposed by the architect[3] The commission was later given to Edwin Landseer who, with assistance from the sculptor Carlo Marochetti, carried out the work in bronze, finally completing it in 1867"

On 12 June 1843 he attended court at the Old Bailey for the trial of William Sharp accused of breaking and entering and stealing from John Lough a breast pin, a razor case and 7 razors.  Found Not Guilty as he had an alibi.

In the 1851 Census he employed a cook and a housemaid

He left an estate of 7000 pounds when he died in his home off Hanover Square in London, quite amazing for Blacksmith's son from a small village in Northumberland

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