Wood Carving and Modelling Class (Nottingham School of Art), 1875-1883
Start Date: July 1875 (Presumed)
End Date: July 1883 (Presumed)
Type: Art school class
Description: The class is first listed in the School Prospectus as a 'course of instruction' in the year ending July 1877 report. However, numbers of students are listed for the year 1875 to 1876 in this report which indicates that this class began in July 1875.
It may have been taken the same format as, or succeeded, the the 'Ladies' Class for Modelling and Wood Carving' and the 'Modelling Class' which began at the School in June 1873.
In the year ending 1877 report the 'Wood Carving and Modelling' course is described as 'a special class for Ladies and Gentlemen, for instruction in Modelling in Clay and Wax, and Carving in Wood.'
In 1875 to 1876 and 1876 to 1877 the class had 14 students. In 1877-1878 and 1879-80, 8 students; and in 1880-1881, 7 students. It was the smallest course run by the school.
There are no listings for this class in the reports from 1883-1885. However, national and government prizes for modelling are listed as having been awarded to students in the 1884-1885 report.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Nottingham School of Art
July 1876 (Presumed) - 1904 (Circa)
Modelling classes are discussed in the Castle Museum and School of Art Committee Reports which are archived from 1902 onwards.
Citing this record
'Wood Carving and Modelling Class (Nottingham School of Art), 1875-1883', 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/event.php?id=msib4_1226484026, accessed 29 May 2023]
