John Richard Foxton
Born 1844
Died 1898
Active: 1880 - 1898
Country of birth and death: England
Stone carver, sculptor
Born in York, Yorkshire. Foxton studied at South London Technical School of Art c.1881-4. His son Herbert Clarridge Foxton (born c.1873 in West Brompton, London) worked as a stone carver c.1891-1911.
Locations
Address 51 Harleyford Road Lambeth London | View on map
1880 (Circa) - 1881 (Circa)
He was a neighbour of Frederick Brook Hitch, who also studied at South London Technical School of Art
Address 93 Holland Road Lambeth London | View on map
1890 (Circa) - 1891 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Student at South London Technical School of Art (also Lambeth School of Art and City and Guilds of London Art School)
1881 (Circa) - 1884 (Circa)
Studied for three years
Traded as Plows, Foxton and Co.
1890 (Circa)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Stone Carver'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Stone Carver / Mason' employer and his son Herbert C. Foxton (born c.1873 in West Brompton, London) also 'Stone Carver / Mason' worker
Occupation given in South London Technical School of Art (City and Guilds of London Institute): Student Enrolments, 1880-2
1880 (Circa) - 1881 (Circa)
'Stone Carver', he enrolled in three modelling classes between these dates
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 601 folio 54 page 2
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 406 folio 119 page 34
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: John Richard Foxton
Year of Registration: 1844
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: York
County: Yorkshire - East Riding, Yorkshire - North Riding, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 23
Page: 725
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: John Richard Foxton
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Year of Registration: 1898
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 53
District: St George Hanover Square
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 308
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Report of the South London Technical School of Art (City and Guilds of London Institute), 1888
June 1888
p. 9
Citing this record
'John Richard Foxton', 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_1294588566, accessed 19 Aug 2022]