Holmes and Jackson Ltd.
Other names: (1910) Holmes and Jackson
Active: 1892 - 1963
Function: Architectural sculptor, modeller, sculptor, carver, gilder
Policy: Carver in Wood
History or description: Firm of sculptors, modellers and plasterers formed by David Jackson (c. 1866–1923) and John Holmes (1860–1936) who seem only to have worked together for a brief period. The business produced carving and sculpture for a number of significant Glasgow architects such as CR Mackintosh (Honeyman & Keppie), and also worked from models by other sculptors including Phyllis Archibald and Joseph Armitage.
A detailed account of the firm is available from Pamela Robertson, Joseph Sharples, Nicky Imrie, Mackintosh Architecture: Context, Making and Meaning, 2014 http://www.mackintosh-architecture.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/name/?nid=HolJack (accessed 24 April 2015).
Locations
Located at 61 Jane Street Blythswood Square Glasgow | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1921 (Circa)
(c.1910-21) Recorded as No.55-61
Located at 373 West George Street Glasgow | View on map
1940 (Circa) - 1951 (Circa)
Descriptions of Business or Institution
Listed in The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1901-1902 Seventy-Fourth Annual Publication
p. 1208
Listed under Modellers
Listed in The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1910-1911 Eighty-Third Annual Publication
1910 - 1911
Listed as 'Modeller,' 'Sculptor' and 'Carver and Gilder'
Listed in The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1920-1921 Ninety-Third Annual Publication
1920 - 1921
Listed as 'Sculptor' and 'Modeller'
Listed in The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1940-1941 One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth Annual Publication
1940 - 1941
Listed as 'Sculptor,' 'Modeller' and 'Carver and Gilder'
Listed in The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1950-1951 One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third Annual Publication
1950 - 1951
Listed as 'Sculptor,' 'Modeller' and 'Carver and Gilder'
Listed under Plasterers, Ornamental The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1901-1902 Seventy-Fourth Annual Publication
p. 1236
Listed under Plasterers
Sources
Glasgow - City of Sculpture
1 January 2002
Site accessed 26/02/2009
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1901-1902 Seventy-Fourth Annual Publication
1901
p. 1208
Listed under Modellers
p. 1236
Listed under Plasterers
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1910-1911 Eighty-Third Annual Publication
1910
p.1124, p.1325 and p.1393
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1920-1921 Ninety-Third Annual Publication
1920
p.1357 and p.1414
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1940-1941 One-Hundred-and-Thirteenth Annual Publication
1940
p.1480, p.1668 and p.1754
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1950-1951 One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third Annual Publication
1950
p.1511, p.1693 and p.1785
Citing this record
'Holmes and Jackson 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=msib6_1235651368, accessed 01 Oct 2023]
