Bernasconi and Riddell
1851
Function: Architectural modeller
History or description: One of the partners seems to have been George Bernasconi (born c.1801 in Pimlico, see individual entry). The other partner was David Riddell (born c.1800 in Scotland) and listed in the 1851 Census Returns at 28 Alfred Street and as a 'Plasterer Master of 16 Men'. It is likely that this business was connected either through George Bernasconi or David Riddell (or both) to the highly successful architectural modelling and stucco business run by Francis Bernasconi (1762-1841) in Alfred Place, round the corner from Chenies Street and close to David Riddell's home address.
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1298
Listed as 'Architectural Modeller'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 105
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
HO107 piece 681 folio 1/47 page 25 (for George Bernasconi)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1509 folio 11 page 18 (for David Riddell)
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1298
Citing this record
'Bernasconi and Riddell', 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/organization.php?id=msib1_1227656768, accessed 04 Oct 2023]
