Ivor John Thomas
Born 1873
Died 3 April 1913
Active: 1891 - 1913
Country of birth and death: Wales
Sculptor, monumental sculptor
Born in Newport, Monmouthshire. He was the son of Job Thomas (c.1823-c.1884) who ran a large sculpture and stone merchant business in Newport. Ivor settled in Swansea probably in the mid or late 1890s and established a successful firm. He was an active member of Swansea Art Society, exhibiting there regularly between 1899-1911. Clifford Graham Roberts served an apprenticeship with Thomas between 1903-09 and afterwards became a successful architectural and fine art sculptor. Ivor died at the age of forty in Swansea.
Wealth at death: £1,520 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 3 July 1913
Works
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Rev. Chancellor Smith
1899 (Presumed)
W. Lloyd, Esq., JP
1899 (Presumed)
The Mayor of Swansea, Mr Councillor Morgan Tutton
1908 (Presumed)
Swansea Lady
1908 (Presumed)
D. Lleufer Thomas, Esq.
1910 (Presumed)
Right Hon. Lord Glantawe
1910 (Presumed)
Locations
Address Rodney Parade Newport | View on map
1881
Address Northampton Cottage Swansea | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Lodging at this address
Address 21 Waterloo Street Swansea | View on map
1899 - 1911
Given as 'Waterloo Street' in Swansea Art Society exhibition catalogues
Address Sunnybank Oystermouth | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Staying with his brother-in-law at this address
Address 21B Trafalgar Terrace Swansea | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Swansea Art Society Thirteenth Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, Photographs, Wood Carving, Art Needlework, Etc., 1899
20 May 1899 - 19 June 1899
Exhibited at Swansea Art Society Twentieth Exhibition of Works of Art, 1908
28 November 1908 - 12 December 1908
Exhibited at Swansea Art Society Twenty-Second Exhibition of Works of Art, 1910
7 November 1910 - 26 November 1910
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Swansea Art Society
1899 - 1911
Not listed as a member in 1909.
Traded as Ivor J. Thomas
1901 (Circa) - 1913
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Monumental Sculptor [overwritten] Mason' employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Monumental Sculptor Mason' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' employer
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 5258; Folio: 49; Page: 14; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342265
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 4479; Folio 31; Page 10; GSU roll: 6099589
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 5083; Folio: 69; Page: 34
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN32759 RD594 SD3 ED2 SN441
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Ivor John Thomas
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1873
Registration district: Newport
Inferred County: Glamorgan, Gwent, Monmouthshire
Volume: 11a
Page: 179
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Ivor John Thomas
Probate Date: 3 Jul 1913
Death Date: 3 Apr 1913
Death Place: Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Registry: London
Swansea Art Society Catalogue of the Eighteenth Exhibition of Works of Art
1907
Swansea Art Society Catalogue of the Fourteenth Exhibition of Works of Art
1902
Swansea Art Society Catalogue of the Thirteenth Annual Exhibition
1899
Swansea Art Society Catalogue of the Twentieth Exhibition of Works of Art
1908
Swansea Art Society Catalogue of the Twenty-Second Exhibition of Works of Art
1910
Swansea Art Society Catalogue of the Twenty-Third Exhibition of Works of Art
1911
Citing this record
'Ivor John Thomas', 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_1318620728, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
