Edmund Sharp
Other names: See individual: 'Sharpe, Edmund'; alternative spelling of surname: 'Sharpe'
Active: 1875 -
Function: marble merchants, sculptors, altar (marble) makers.
Policy: 'Altars, Pulpits, Statues, Marble or Stone,& c....
'Largest business of the kind in the Kingdom'.'
' Only house in Ireland possessing the new air pressing machinery for cutting and carving marble, & c. Thirteen machines now working'.
As advertised in The irish Builder, Dec. 19th, 1901, p. ii.
History or description: The business was set up by Edmund Sharp (1853-1930). It is not known whether Sharp retired prior to his death and who took over running the firm after that date.
Locations
Ran a business at 42 and 1/2 Great Brunswick Street Dublin | View on map
1898 - 1911
'Marble Merchants';
'Sculptors'.
Ran a business at 42 Great Brunswick Street Dublin | View on map
1916 - 1921
'Sculptors'.
Ran a business at 42 Pearse Street Dublin | View on map
1916 - 1936
'Altar (Marble) Makers';
'Sculptors';
'Marble Merchants'.
Name of Street changed in 1924, but the business still operating from the same premises.
Ran a business at 42E Pearse Street Dublin | View on map
1936
'Altar (Marble) Makers'.
Institutional and Business Connections
Collaborated with Pugin & Pugin
1901
Dec. 19th, 1901, p. ii, collaborated with Edmund Sharp, sculptor, as advertised in The Irish Builder.
Collaborated with George C. Ashlin & Son
1901
The Irish Builder, Dec. 19th, 1901, p. ii.
Collaborated with William Henry Byrne
1901
The Irish Builder, Dec. 19th, 1901, p. ii.
Collaborated with Hague & Mc Namara
1901
Architects.
Collaborated with Doolin
1901
Dissolved partnership with Pearse and Sharp
1886 - 1896
Employed by P. J. O' Neill & Co.
1886
Partner of Pearse and Sharp
1886 - 1896
Associated People
Trade name of Edmund Sharp
1875 - 1930
Not known if the business was run by Edmund Sharp for all of this time or whether it was taken over by a son or other relative prior to his death in 1930.
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 1926 Thom's Directory
'Altar (Marble) Makers'
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'.
'Statuary' - appears in separate section, under 'Manufacturers of Irish Goods'.
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 Church Decorators 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.
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'.
Listed under Stone Yards 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'.
Publications
Advertised in The Irish Builder, 1901 formerly The Dublin Builder
19 December 1901, p. ii
Advertised in Journal and Proceedings of the Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland, 1896, 1898, 1901
1898 - 1901
"Ecclesiastical and Architectural Sculptor. The cheapest house for Altars, Pulpits, Fonts, Statues, Monuments and other Marble works. All work executed on the premises, from the sawing of the block to the Last Finishing Touch. During the past three years the number of orders received for altars exceed those of any firm in the trade."
Sources
Journal and Proceedings of the Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland, 1896, 1898, 1901
The Irish Builder, 1901 formerly The Dublin Builder
1901
19 December 1901, p. ii
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.
p. 2583 - appears in separate section, under 'Manufacturers of Irish Goods'.
Citing this record
'Edmund Sharp', 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_1211298175, accessed 24 Jan 2021]
