Frank Cowley Boulton

Born 1876

Active: 1901

Country of birth and death: England

Sculptor, architectural sculptor

Born in Cheltenham, Gloucester or Worcester. He was the son of Richard Lockwood Boulton (c.1832-1905), a sculptor and architectural carver who established a successful business in Cheltenham. Around 1901 he was studying art and living on private means. Frank's older brothers were Lockwood Dutson Boulton (1857-1927), Thomas Dutson Boulton (1860-1932) and Gilbert Dutson Boulton (1865-1936). They worked for their father and took over running the firm on his retirement in 1893 (it continued in business until at least 1971). Frank may have travelled or even emigrated to Canada (awaiting confirmation).

This record includes information from Joan Brocklebank, 'Victorian Stone Carvers in Dorset Churches 1856-1880', The Dovecote Press, Wimborne, 1979, pp. 28-9.

Citing this record

'Frank Cowley Boulton', 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_1326804446, accessed 18 May 2022]