William Gray
Born 1820 (Circa)
Active: 1839 - 1857
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, painter, medallist
Born in Windsor, Berkshire. Entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1839 on the recommendation of William Behnes. Exhibited as both a painter and sculptor at the Royal Academy between 1841-57.
Locations
Address Alva Cottage Ryde Isle of Wight | View on map
1851 (Circa)
From about 1839 Gray was living in London, giving addresses in the St Pancras area and Pimlico.
Address Glendower Ryde Isle of Wight | View on map
1854 (Circa)
Address 35 Darlington Street Manchester | View on map
1856 (Circa)
Address Bernhill Ventnor Isle of Wight | View on map
1857 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1841 - 1857
Exhibited 8 times (5 times from 1851), 12 works in all of which 6 were portrait sculptures or medallions)
Personal and Professional Connections
Advised by William Behnes
1839 (Presumed)
Gray entered the Royal Academy Schools on the recommendation of Behnes
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 551
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
HO107 piece 1664 folio 201 page 4
Citing this record
'William Gray', 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_1293229567, accessed 22 Mar 2023]
