Charles W. Harrison and Sons
Other names: Chas. William Harrison
Foundation date: 1860 (Circa)
Dissolution date: 1972
Active: 1860 - 1972
Function: Art workers in stone, marble and wood (self-styled), marble chimney piece manufacturers, stone carvers, marble works, tombstone manufacturers, marble merchants, sculptors, pulpits, church decorators
Policy: 'Has always on hand a varied assortment of tablets, headstones, tombs, & c..., and also fonts, pulpits, reredos, and altars, executed in the first style of art, and on the most reasonable terms'.
As advertised in The Dublin Builder, Jan. 1st, 1871.
'The largest stock of Monuments in Ireland to select from'.
As advertised in The Irish Builder, Jan. 29th, 1916.
'Memorials erected in Mount Jerome, Prospect and Dean's Grange Cemeteries, also in Graveyards, Churches, & C, in town or Country'.
As advertised in The Irish Builder, Nov. 1st, 1881.
'Harrison's Limestone Quarries, Tullamore: for Architectural Building and Monumental Work'.
As advertised in The Dublin Builder, 1921.
'Architectural and Monumental Sculptors
Marble Craftworkers and Decorators'.
'We specialize in irish Marbles, also Crushed and Graded Materials for Terrazzo'. Above as advertised in The Irish Builder in 1941.
Products & Services
Art workers in stone, marble and wood
Locations
Quarry located at Harrison's Limestone Quarries Tullamore | View on map
As advertised in The Irish Builder, Apr. 9th, 1921, p. 228.
Ran a business at 27 Great Brunswick Street Dublin | View on map
1860 (Circa) - 1868
Ran a business at 178 Great Brunswick Street Dublin | View on map
1868 (Circa) - 1946
'Art Workers in Stone, Marble and Wood';
'Marble Chimney Piece Manufacturers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Tombstone Manufacturers';
'Sculptors';
'Stone Carvers'.
Showrooms and Works both at this address, as advertised in The Irish Builder in 1901.
Ran a business at 178 Pearse Street Dublin | View on map
1868 - 1936
'Altar (Marble) Makers'.
'Sculptors'.
Name of street changed in 1924, but the business still operating from the same premises since 1868.
Ran a business at 27 Lincoln Place Dublin | View on map
1891 - 1896
'Tombstone Manufacturers'.
Ran a business at 175-77 Great Brunswick Street Dublin | View on map
1900 (Circa)
Ran a business at 175-178 Pearse Street Dublin | View on map
1936 - 1951
'Altar (Marble) Makers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors';
'Pulpits'.
Institutional and Business Connections
Supplier of materials to Earley and Powells (later Earley and Co.)
6 September 1894
£6 14s.
Stone Yards, supplier of marble.
On 6th Sept, 1894, supplied '
a column, slabs and lathe'
to Earley and Company.
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1871 Thom's Directory
'Marble Chimney Piece Manufacturers';
'Stone Carvers';
'Sculptors'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1876 Thom's Directory
'Marble Works';
'Stone Carvers';
'Tombstone Manufacturers';
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1881 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants'; 'Tombstone Maunfacturers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1886 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants';
'Tombstone Manufacturers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1891 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants'; 'Sculptors';
'Tombstone Manufacturers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1896 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors';
'Tombstone Manufacturers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1901 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors';
'Stone Carvers';
'Tombstone Manufacturers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1906 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors';
'Stone Carvers';
'Tombstone Maunfacturers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1926 Thom's Directory
'Altar (Marble) Makers';
'Sculptors'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1936 Thom's Directory
'Altar (Marble) Makers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1941 Thom's Directory
'Altar (Marble) Makers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1946 Thom's Directory
'Altar (Marble) Makers;
'Marble Merchants';
'Pulpits';
'Sculptors'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1951 Thom's Directory
'Altar (Marble) Makers';
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors'.
Listed under Church Decorators Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1931 Thom's Directory
'Altar (Marble) Makers';
'Sculptors'.
Listed under Monumental Sculptors Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1911 Thom's Directory
'Sculptors'.
Listed under Monumental Sculptors Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1916 Thom's Directory
'Sculptors'
Listed under Monumental Sculptors Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1921 Thom's Directory
'Sculptors'.
Publications
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1871 The Irish Builder and Engineering Record, formerly The Dublin Builder
1 January 1871, p. 338
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1901 formerly The Dublin Builder
24 April 1901 p. 714: 'Monumental And Ecclesiastical Sculptors'
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1906 formerly The Dublin Builder
13 January 1906, p. 1: 'Art workers in Stone, Marble and Wood'
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1911 formerly The Dublin Builder
7 January 1911, p. 29: 'Art Workers in Stone, Marble and Wood'
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1904 formerly The Dublin Builder
Advertisement placed by C. W. Harrison and Sons in The Irish Builder, 18 June 1904, p. 371
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1916 formerly The Dublin Builder
1 January 1916, p. 1.
15 January 1916, p. 21.
29 January 1916, p. 41.
12 February 1916, p. 61.
26 February 1916, p. 81.
22 April 1916, p. 174.
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1881 formerly The Dublin Builder
1 November 1881, p. ii: 'Memorials'
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1891 formerly The Dublin Builder
15 January 1891, p. iv: 'Memorials'
Advertised in The Irish Builder and Engineer, 1931 formerly The Dublin Builder
3 January 1931, p. 35: 'Architectural Sculptors and Modellers'
Advertised in The Irish Builder and Engineer, 1936 formerly The Dublin Builder
4 January 1941, inside cover of 1st edn for 1941: 'Architectural and Monumental Sculptors Marble Craftworkers and Decorators'.
'We specialize in Irish Marbles, also Crushed and Graded Materials for Terrazzo'.
Advertised in The Irish Builder and Engineer, 1946 formerly The Dublin Builder
28 December 1946, p. 882 (final page of vol. for 1946): 'Architectural and Monumental Sculptors, Marble Craftworkers and Decorators'
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1904 formerly The Dublin Builder
1866
Sources
Earley and Company (Ecclesiastical Decorators)Documentation: Box 3 of 7 Earley and Company Documentation (ECD)
ECD/8, Large Folio Ledger and Costs Book, p. 56.
The Irish Builder and Engineer, 1931 formerly The Dublin Builder
1931
3 January 1931, p. 35
The Irish Builder and Engineer, 1936 formerly The Dublin Builder
1936
4 January 1941, inside cover of 1st edn for 1941.
The Irish Builder and Engineer, 1946 formerly The Dublin Builder
1946
28 December 1946, p. 882 (final page of vol. for 1946).
The Irish Builder, 1871 The Irish Builder and Engineering Record, formerly The Dublin Builder
1871
1 January 1871, p. 338
The Irish Builder, 1881 formerly The Dublin Builder
1881
1 November 1881, p. ii: 'Memorials'
The Irish Builder, 1891 formerly The Dublin Builder
1891
15 January 1891, p. iv: 'Memorials'
The Irish Builder, 1901 formerly The Dublin Builder
1901
24 April 1901, p. 714: 'Monumental And Ecclesiastical Sculptors'
The Irish Builder, 1904 formerly The Dublin Builder
18 June 1904
Advertisement placed by C. W. Harrison and Sons in The Irish Builder, 18 June 1904, p. 371
The Irish Builder, 1906 formerly The Dublin Builder
1906
13 January 1906, p. 1
The Irish Builder, 1911 formerly The Dublin Builder
1911
7 January 1911, p. 29
The Irish Builder, 1916 formerly The Dublin Builder
1916
1 January 1916, p. 1.
15 January 1916, p. 21.
29 January 1916, p. 41.
12 February 1916, p. 61.
26 February 1916, p. 81.
22 April 1916, p. 174.
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1871 Thom's Directory
1871
pp. 1977, 1985, 1987
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1876 Thom's Directory
1876
p. 1765; p. 1775; p. 1777.
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1881 Thom's Directory
1881
pp. 1786, 1798
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1886 Thom's Directory
1886
p. 1850; p. 1863.
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1891 Thom's Directory
1891
pp. 1893, 1901, 1906
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1896 Thom's Directory
1896
pp. 1908, 1916, 1921
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1901 Thom's Directory
1901
p. 1969; p. 1977; p. 1979; p. 1982.
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1906 Thom's Directory
1906
pp. 2169, 2178, 2180, 2183
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1926 Thom's Directory
1926
pp. 2246, 2334
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1931 Thom's Directory
1931
pp. 2237, 2298
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1936 Thom's Directory
1936
pp. 2140, 2184, 2203
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1941 Thom's Directory
1941
pp. 1935, 1980, 1999
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1946 Thom's Directory
1946
pp. 1935, 1980, 1995, 2000
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1951 Thom's Directory
1951
pp. 1523, 1581, 1605
Citing this record
'Charles W. Harrison and Sons', 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=msib3_1206531738, accessed 04 Oct 2023]
