Arthur John Hollinshead
Born 1860
Died 1902
Active: 1881 - 1902
Country of birth and death: England
Bronze founder
Born in Surbiton, Surrey. Son of John Hollinshead (born c.1829 in Kingston, Surrey) a waiter. Arthur Hollinshead served his apprenticeship with Thomas Cox, the owner of Cox and Sons and founder of the bronze foundry in Summer Road, Thames Ditton. Hollinshead was connected to the foundry for almost twenty-five years, first as an employee and then as a joint proprietor with Arthur Burton. Amongst Hollinshead's more famous castings was Onslow Ford's equestrian statue of the Maharajah of Mysore.
(See obituary in 'The Foundry', vol 20, no. 115, March 1902, p. 39)
Personal and Professional Connections
Partner to Arthur Bryan Burton
1897 - 1902
Jointly owned and ran the foundry at Thames Ditton
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Bronze [overwritten Brass] Statue Moulder' employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Bronze Moulder'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 836 folio 119 page 11
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 614 folio 78 page 10
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Arthur John Hollinshead
Year of Registration: 1860
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Kingston
County: Middlesex, Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 192
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Arthur John Hollinshead
Estimated birth year: abt 1861
Year of Registration: 1902
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 41
District: Kingston
County: Middlesex, Surrey
Volume: 2a
Page: 291
Citing this record
'Arthur John Hollinshead', 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_1291586842, accessed 17 May 2022]
