Edward William Wyon
Born 1811
Died 1885
Active: 1831 - 1876
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1829. Among his commissions were works intended for reproduction by Wedgwood and numerous portrait busts. He executed reliefs for Drapers' Hall, London (1866), and two caryatids for the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1874). [see Attwood (2004)]
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Tazza: Hercules and the Hesperides
Designed Proposed Crimean Monument, Sheffield
Tazza
1851
Locations
Address 48 Chenies Mews Beford Square London | View on map
1851
Address 19 Stanhope Street London | View on map
1853 (Circa) - 1856 (Circa)
Address 13 Allsop Terrace London | View on map
1857 (Circa) - 1876 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
'Britomart'
Exhibited at International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Dublin, 1865
p.110, no. 192. 'Britomartis' - plaster.
p. 113, no. 241. ' Miranda' - plaster.
p. 113, no. 242. 'The Rose of Sharon' - plaster.
p. 113, no. 244. ' Briseis' - plaster.
p. 113, no. 245. 'The Guardian Angel' - plaster [located in the East Corridor].
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
p.53
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Institutional and Business Connections
Commissioned by Art Union of London
On many occasions and in 1856 worked with Wyon to reproduce 'Stepping Stones' in parian (reissued in 1857 and 1858) and again in 1874 to reproduce 'Net Mending' in parian
Employed at Wedgwood (Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.)
1851 (Circa) - 1859 (Circa)
Modelled figures and busts: see Reilly and Savage, 'The Dictionary of Wedgwood' (1980), p. 396.
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1829 (Circa)
See Reilly and Savage, 'The Dictionary of Wedgwood' (1980), p. 396.
Personal and Professional Connections
Sister/sibling of Benjamin Wyon
See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 572.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Forrer notes that Wyon 'distinguished himself as a sculptor'. He was the son of Thomas Wyon (senior, 1767-1830), and the brother of Thomas Wyon (junior, 1792-1817), and Benjamin Wyon (1802-1858). See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 586.
Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Forrer notes that 'although the artist was eminently a Sculptor, the Catalogues of the Royal Academy describe a number of medallic portraits by him'. These are dated from between 1833 and 1847. See vol. 8, (1930), pp. 295-296.
Sources
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
Official Catalogue of Dublin International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures 1865
1865
p.110, no. 192. 'Britomartis' - plaster.
p. 113, no. 241. ' Miranda' - plaster.
p. 113, no. 242. 'The Rose of Sharon' - plaster.
p. 113, no. 244. ' Briseis' - plaster.
p. 113, no. 245. 'The Guardian Angel' - plaster [located in the East Corridor].
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Philip Attwood, 'Wyon family (per. c.1760-1962)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/64499, accessed 5 Feb 2010]
The Builder, Vol. IX, No. 413, 4 January 1851
4 January 1851
p. 7
The Builder, Vol. XV, 10 October 1857
10 October 1857
p. 581
The Dictionary of Wedgwood
1980
p. 396.
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855
p.53
Citing this record
'Edward William Wyon', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib4_1237562130, accessed 23 May 2013]
