George Holding II
Born 12 November 1849
Active: 1871 - 1902
Country of birth: Scotland
Country of death: England
Sculptor
Born in Glasgow. He was the son of John Holding, a landscape painter. By 1861 the family was in England, living at 12 Poynton Street in Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire. George had trained as a sculptor by the age of 20 (1871), and remained living with his parents for at least another decade, possibly until his marriage to Frances Oldham in 1884. Between 1874 and the early 1900s Holding exhibited regularly at the Royal Manchester Institution, Manchester Art Gallery, and at the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition. During the 1890s he and his family relocated to the Wirral. The date and whereabouts of his death have not yet been confirmed.
Works
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Sketch Model for Blackburn Technical Institute
Sketch Model for Blackburn Technical Institute
Sketch Model for Blackburn Technical Institute
Sketch Model for Blackburn Technical Institute
Posthumous Portrait of Mrs D. Taylor
Medallion Portrait of His Worship the Mayor of Manchester, Alderman Heywood
Medallion Portrait of the Rev. W. Gaskell, MA
The Late Mrs Walthew, Stockport
Medallion - Portrait of Mr L. N. Fowler, Phrenologist
Medallion - Portrait of the Marchioness of Huntley
Medallion - Portrait of the Mrs Lydia F. Fowler, MD
Medallion Portrait of Richard Harwood, Esq., Mayor of Salford
Medallion Portrait of the Right Hon. Lady Frances Cecil
Designs for Architectural Enrichments
Pilaster Panel for The Prince's in Blackpool
Sissy
1883 (Presumed)
The Good Shepherd
1883 (Presumed)
Christ Blessing Children
1883 (Presumed)
Brother
1883 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 12 Poynton Street Greenheys Manchester
1861 (Circa) - 1881 (Circa)
Address 9 Oxford Street Manchester
1883 (Presumed)
Address 13 Grafton Street Oxford Road Manchester
1891
Address Sefton Villa Liscard Park
1895
Address 5 Belgrave Street Liscard Wallasey
1901
Ran a business at 9 Oxford Street Manchester
Ran a business at 2 Oxford Chambers 9 Oxford Street Manchester
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Third Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colour, and Architectural Designs, &c (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1883
Multiple works
Exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery, First Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, 1891
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1879
'Posthumous Portrait of Mrs D. Taylor'
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1881
'Innocence Veiled'
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1877
'Christ Rebuking'
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1882
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Royal Institution, First Autumn Exhibition, 1883
'Prayer'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Seventh Autumn Exhibition, 1889
'Hero of the Sea'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eighth Autumn Exhibition, 1890
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eleventh Autumn Exhibition, 1893
'Music'
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1874
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1875
'Medallion - Portrait of Mr L. N. Fowler, Phrenologist'
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1876
'Medallion Portrait of Richard Harwood, Esq., Mayor of Salford'
Exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery, Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, 1895
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1878
'Woodcock and Lapwing'
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the seventh (Liverpool), 1877
1877
Woodcock and Lapwing (cat. no. 1290, modelled from nature, £10); Partridge and Quail (cat. no. 1291, modelled from nature, £10 10s.); Our Saviour (cat. no. 1312, plaster, £3 10s.).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the seventh (Liverpool), 1877
1877
Our Saviour (cat. no. 1312, plaster, £3 10s.).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the thirteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1883
1883
Zoology (cat. no. 1602, £5 5s.); Ornithology (cat. no. 1608, £5 5s.); Sissy (cat. no. 1622, terracotta model, £2 2s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Medallion Portrait - Madame Georgina Burns (cat. no. 1287A, £3); Medallion Portrait - Cardinal Vaughan (cat. no. 1287B, £2); From Gray's Elegy (cat. no. 1287C, plaster model, £2).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Sir Henry Irving (cat. no. 1288, marble medallion, £10).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
Angel Vase (cat. no. 1190A, plaster medallion, £10).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
Miss Lucy Draper (cat. no. 1284, bust, £20); Zoology (cat. no. 1311, coloured plaster, £3 3s.); Medallion Portraits (cat. no. 1312, not for sale); Ornithology (cat. no. 1315, coloured plaster, £3 3s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Samson Killeth a Lion (cat. no. 1486, plaster relief, £3); Jesus Purifieth the Temple (cat. no. 1487, plaster relief, £5).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Lady Godiva (cat. no. 1346, plaster panel in relief, £3 3s.); St George (cat. no. 1348, plaster panel in relief, £3 3s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
The Four Evangelists, with Emblems (cat. no. 1404, sketch model for a Pulpit carved in Alabaster for Messrs Norbury, Patterson and Co., 5 Myrtle Street, Liverpool).
Personal and Professional Connections
Related to George Holding I
They were almost certainly uncle and nephew. This is providing George Holding I has been correctly identified as a carver and gilder, born c.1816 and brother to John Holding (1815-99), a designer of patterns and watercolourist who was the father of George Holding II, a sculptor.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor', his father, John Holding, 'Artist Landscape Painter'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor', also his father John Holding 'Landscape (Artist)', his sister Emma 'Artist', and his brother Casper 'Sculptor'.
Occupation given in London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist Sculptor' neither employer nor employed.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working at home.
Sources
1851 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Glasgow St George; ED: 14; Page: 7; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1851_153; Year: 1851
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth, 1894 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1894
pp. 49-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh, 1897 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1897
pp. 44-47.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1896
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Catalogue of the Eighth Autumn Exhibition, 1890
1890
Cat. No. 706, pp. 54, 61
Catalogue of the Eleventh Autumn Exhibition, 1893
1893
Cat. Nos. 786, 792, 797, pp. 62, 71
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1874
1874
Cat. No. 662, pp. 61, 71
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1875
1875
Cat. Nos. 793, 794, 795, 799, 803, pp. 73, 74, 84
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1876
1876
Cat. Nos. 911, 920, pp. 79, 80, 90
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1877
1877
Cat. Nos. 1002, 1003, 1005, 1006, 1008, pp. 84, 85, 96
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1878
1878
Cat. Nos. 1036, 1039, pp. 85, 86, 99
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1879
1879
Cat. Nos. 1013, 1014, 1017, pp. 81, 82, 92
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1881
1881
Cat. Nos. 1474, 1475, 1480, 1481, 1489, pp. 114, 115, 128
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1882
1882
Cat. Nos. 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309, p. 100
Catalogue of the First Autumn Exhibition, 1883
1883
Cat. Nos. 875, 885, 886, 888, 889, pp. 63, 68, 79
Catalogue of the First Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1891
1891
Cat. Nos. 24, 37, 46, 48, 66, 67, pp. 3, 5, 6, 8, 124
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. 643, 644, pp. 206, 256
Catalogue of the Seventh Autumn Exhibition, 1889
1889
Cat. No. 782, pp. 61, 71
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
Class: RG 9; Piece: 2885; Folio: 47; Page: 36; GSU roll: 543044
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10
3994
96
32
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 3923
39
24
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 3184
99
58
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 3402
164
15
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: George Holding
Age: 57
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Death Registration Place: Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Death Date: Jun 1905
Inferred Death Place: Lancashire, United Kingdom
Volume: 8e
Page: 439
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1877 Walker Art Gallery
1877
pp. 69-71.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1883 Walker Art Gallery
1883
pp. 93-94.
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
2010
Name: George Holding
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 37
Event Type: Marriage
Birth Year: abt 1847
Marriage Date: 23 Apr 1884
Marriage Place: Chorlton upon Medlock, St Saviour, Lancashire, England
Parish as it Appears: St Saviour
Search Photos: Search for 'Chorlton upon Medlock, St Saviour' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Father: John Holding
Spouse: Frances Oldham
Reference Number: GB127.M100/3/2/2
Scotland, Select Birth and Christening Records, 1554-1950
2014
Name: George Holding
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 12 Nov 1849
Birth Place: , Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Baptism Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Father:
John Holding
Mother:
Elizabeth Robinson
Slater's Manchester and Salford Directory, 1881
1881
Trades section, p. 176
Citing this record
'George Holding II', 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=msib5_1217264459, accessed 04 Dec 2023]
