Fitzpatrick Brothers
Other names: Thomas & William Fitzpatrick (1863)
Active: 1863 - 1899
Function: Statuarists and ornamental stoneworkers, monumental designers
Policy: To 'carry on business of builder's and contractors, decorators, merchants and dealers in stone, sand, lime, bricks, cement, timber... stone sawers, joiners, quarries... to lent money to such persons, and upon such terms and conditions as the company may think fit.'
History or description: Liquidation sale of property 1899.
Property at Shaftsbury Avenue/Ormeau Road consisted of 3 acres, including: Stone yard with erections & fixed machinery and necessary appliances for manufacture of artificial flag & stone 'for which there is a large demand in the City'.
Property in 1899 also included stone sheds, breakers, a tramway, flagmaking shed, masons shed & stone saw mill, workshops, 3 fixed cranes & offices.
Employees (sample figures)
Managing Director
Wages: £300
Notes: Primary Managing Director, for the year 1891
Managing Director
Wages: £100
Notes: Secondary Managing Director, for the year 1891
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Carved The Moat
1863 - 1864
Carved Thompson's Restaurant
1864
Created Five Warehouses
Created Pulpit
1870
Locations
Business located at 6 Wellington Place Belfast Northern Ireland | View on map
1863
Business located at Great Victoria Street Belfast Northern Ireland | View on map
1863
Business located at 3 Great Victoria Street Belfast Northern Ireland | View on map
1870 - 1880
Institutional and Business Connections
Donor to Belfast School of Art
1872
£5
Contributed to local prize fund
Received commission from Belfast Corporation
1892
£6490
Contract for erection of 2nd section St George's covered market, Belfast. Materials not provided. "Carving and lettering shall be bold and artistic in design, and of first-class workmanship." An additional £50 to be paid to unnamed stone carver for this work.
Received commission from Belfast Corporation
1893
£3840 18s. 6d.
Contract for erection of Belfast Fire Brigade Married Quarters.
Associated People
Commissioned by William Joseph Barre
1865
Contracted to work with architect on Albert Memorial, Belfast. Barrie died 1867 (unclear whether work had commenced), Fitzpatrick Bros. sought previously agreed payment from Barrie's executors 1869.
Directors included Michael Fitzpatrick
1850 (Circa)
Managing director was Acheson Ferguson
1891 - 1894
Managing director was Frederick Fitzpatrick
1891 - 1893
Second Managing Director
Partners included Thomas Fitzpatrick
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1880
Statuarists and Ornamental Stoneworkers
Listed in The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1863
Marble and Stone-cutters
Listed under Monumental Sculptors The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1870
Monumental Designers
Sources
Belfast Government School of Art Report of The Board of Managers for The Year 1872, 1873
1873
p. 16
Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide, 1987
1987
Buildings of Belfast 1700-1914
1967
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1863
1863
p. 488
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1870
1870
p. 737
The Belfast and Province of Ulster Directory, 1880
1880
p. 537
Citing this record
'Fitzpatrick Brothers', 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_1258632753, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
