Charles Stoatt
Born 1829 (Circa)
Died 25 March 1896
Active: 1846 - 1896
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, sculptor's assistant
Born in Haddingham, Buckinghamshire. Died in London. He was apprenticed aged 17 for five years to John Bell. However Stoatt stayed with Bell as his assistant for forty-nine years. (Barnes (1999), p. 30)
This record includes information submitted by Mike Avery.
Wealth at death: £159 17s. 0d.
Probate date: 16 May 1896
Locations
Address 11 Young Street Kensington London | View on map
1861 (Circa)
In separate household at the same address were Alfred Clint ('Landscape Painter'), his sons Alfred ('Ornamental Painter') and Calcott ('Carver and Gilder')
Address 253 Goldhawk Road Kensington London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 28 Church Street Kensington London | View on map
1895 - 1896
Moved here after the death of his employer John Bell and died while living at this address.
Personal and Professional Connections
Apprenticed to John Bell
1846 - 1851 (Presumed)
Stoatt was aprenticed to Bell 'to learn the art of pointing and carving.' Bell was to provide meat, drink, lodging, wearing apparel. Stoatt was to receive payment of five shillings a week from the second year rising to fifteen shillings by the fifth year. (See Barnes (1999), p. 30) Stoatt stayed on as Bell's studio assistant (see separate relationship)
Studio assistant to John Bell
1851 (Presumed) - 1879 (Presumed)
Having completed his apprenticeship, Stoatt worked as Bell's studio assistant. On the latter's retirement they remained a close friends (See Barnes (1999))
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor's Assistant'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
Class: RG9; Piece: 19; Folio: 100; Page: 5; GSU roll: 542557
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 53; Folio: 85; Page: 36; GSU roll: 1341012
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Charles Stoatt
Probate Date: 16 May 1896
Death Date: 25 Mar 1896
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London, England
John Bell: the Sculptor's Life and Works
1999
pp. 30, 61, 70, 85, 86, 90
Citing this record
'Charles Stoatt', 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/person.php?id=ann_1272897953, accessed 04 Jul 2022]
