James Pearse and Sons
First name: James, and sons: William (sculptor) and Padraig (teacher and political activist).
Other names: Formerly in partnerships as: O'Neill and Pearse; Pearse and Sharpe.
Foundation date: 1850
Dissolution date: 1916
Active: 1850 - 1916
Function: sculptors, church decorators, tombstone manufacturers.
Locations
Ran a business at 27 Great Brunswick Street Dublin | View on map
1896 - 1916
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors';
'Stone Carvers'.
Ran a business at 156 Townsend Street Dublin | View on map
1896 - 1901
'Marble Merchants'.
Institutional and Business Connections
Dissolved partnership with P. J. O' Neill & Co.
1873 - 1886
Dissolved partnership with Pearse and Sharp
1886 - 1896
In partnership with Pearse and Sharp
1886 - 1896
'Sculptors'.
Partner of P. J. O' Neill & Co.
'Former partner', 1873-1886.
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 1896 Thom's Directory
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors'.
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 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 Stone Carvers Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1906 Thom's Directory
'Stone Carvers';
'Tombstone Maunfacturers'.
Sources
Pearse Street, Dublin 2: A Study of the Past, A Vision for the Future, 2001
2001
pp. 30-31.
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
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; 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. 2180, 2183
Citing this record
'James Pearse 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_1209499188, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
