Earp and Hobbs Ltd.
Other names: Earp, Son and Hobbs (1890), Earp and Hobbs (1900)
Active: 1880 - 1940
Function: Monumental sculptor, architectural sculptor
History or description: The business was founded c.1851 by Thomas Earp (c.1828-93) of Nottingham. The firm expanded in 1864 when Earp went into partnership with Edwin Hobbs Senior (c.1841-1904) and they opened premises in Manchester on Lower Mosley Street. Edwin Hobbs Senior oversaw the Manchester business from Chorlton-upon-Medlock and then Moss Side. The London side of the firm continued to trade as Thomas Earp until the late 1880s when it became Earp, Son and Hobbs. By 1900 the business was renamed Earp and Hobbs Ltd., and it continued to trade under that name until the early 1940s. It is possible that Thomas Earp's son, Edgar may have worked for the firm in the early 1900s and that Edwin Hobbs Junior may have been involved with the company around 1911.
Locations
Located at 32 Canterbury Place Lambeth Walk London | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1940 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Affiliated with Earp, Hobbs & Miller (by 1900)
Earp and Hobbs Ltd was the London based branch of the firm and Earp, Hobbs and Miller was located in Manchester, both grew out of the architectural sculpture business founded by Thomas Earp and expanded in partnership with Edwin Hobbs
Successor to Thomas Earp
1900 (Circa)
Associated People
Manager was Edwin Hobbs Junior
1911 (Circa)
May have become a manager of the London branch of the firm after his father's death in 1904
May be connected to Edgar Thomas Earp
May have worked for the firm originally established by his father
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in The London Directory, 1940 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1940
p.10
Listed as 'Architectural Sculptor'
Listed under sculptor Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Sources
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
The London Directory, 1940 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1940
p.10
Citing this record
'Earp and Hobbs Ltd.', 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_1239050644, accessed 23 Sep 2021]
