Charles and Augustus Brine
Other names: Chas. and A. Brine
Active: 1851 - 1880
Function: Stone mason, marble mason, statuary, stone merchant, marble merchant
History or description: Charles Brine was born in 1808 in London and described himself as a marble merchant in 1851. He had retired by about 1861. Augustus Brine was born in 1811 in St Pancras, London and was employing 6 men and 1 boy in 1861. He later went on to become a builder and died on 5 February 1880 leaving less than £800. The stone masonry business run by Charles and Augustus was probably connected to the firm of stone carvers and funerary sculptors, John Brine and Sons (active 1774-1886) and listed in Roscoe (2009).
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 6
Period Start: 1861
Locations
Address 135 Euston Road St. Pancras London | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Located at 17 and 18 South Row New Road London | View on map
1851
Located at Horsfall Basin Canal Road London | View on map
1851
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Marble Merchant'
Listed in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Stone & Marble Mason/Makers emp[loying] 6 Men & 1 Boy'
Listed under Stone Masons Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1384
Listed as 'Stone and Marble Mason and Statuary;' 'Stone and Marble Merchant'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 133
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1494 folio 783 page 17
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 103 folio 104 page 61 (entry for Augustus Brine)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 70 folio 42 page 2 (entry for Charles Brine)
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Augustus Brine
Probate Date: 22 Mar 1880
Death Date: 5 Feb 1880
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p.1384
Citing this record
'Charles and Augustus Brine', 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_1229547461, accessed 03 Oct 2023]
