Henry Price
Born 1872 (Circa)
Active: 1891 - 1922
Country of birth and death: Wales
Sculptor
Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire. In early 1904 he offered to execute a statue of Queen Victoria free of charge for Wrexham, if the cost of the materials were to be raised by public subscription. (from a notice in 'The Stone Trades Journal', vol XXI, no. 7, January 1904, p. 150).
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Locations
Address 6 Earl Street Wrexham
1891 (Circa)
Address Glencoe Road Bushey
1905 (Circa)
Studio located at Onslow Studios 183 King's Road London SW
1899 (Circa) - 1902 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Sixth Exhibition, 1899
'Model of part of a frieze'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1902
'A Story of the Days of Llewellyn'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
Story of the Days of Llewellyn (cat. no. 1552, 'Llewellyn and his knights rode forth one day / To meet their foes in battle array. / This Knight wander e'en alone, / Felt sad at parting with his lady fair. / E'en the monks would follow in the rear / To give help if needs be, and good cheer', bronze relief, £45).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1901 - 1905
Exhibited 3 times, 4 works in all
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1906 - 1922
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by William Hamo Thornycroft
4 December 1905
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Seconded by Frank Lynn Jenkins
4 December 1905
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist Sculp' working on own account at home
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Sixth Exhibition.
1899
p.137.
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1902
1902
Cat. No. 381, pp. 37, 67
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 4618; Folio 58; Page 22; GSU roll: 6099728
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 72 folio 33 page 58
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
2 March 1905.
Citing this record
'Henry Price', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1211991032, accessed 11 Dec 2023]
