Robert Edward C. F. Glassby Jnr
Born 3 January 1872
Died 19 November 1908
Active: 1891 - 1908
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in Chelsea, London. He was the son of Robert Glassby Senior (1835-92) who was a sculptor and principal studio assistant to Joseph Edgar Boehm between 1870-90. Robert Edward Junior studied at the Royal Academy Schools and executed a number of medals shown at the Royal Academy between 1890-3. Around 1900 he was teaching modelling in clay or wax at Battersea Polytechnic and Putney School of Art (the duration of these posts has not been ascertained). There is some confusion in Graves (1905) and possibly also in Forrer (1923) between work produced by father and son. Robert Edward Junior died in his mid-thirties.
This record contains information supplied by Michael Piper, whose extensive research on Robert Glassby Senior and Robert Edward Glassby Junior is available at http://glassby.com/Chapter1.htm (accessed 6 September 2012). The reference to Glassby's teaching is from the timetable of classes in 'Art Industries: Sculptors and Modellers', 'The London Technical Education Gazette', September-October, p.283.
Wealth at death: £32 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 10 December 1908
Locations
Address 15 Hobury Street (Bognor House) London | View on map
1876 (Circa) - 1893 (Circa)
Address 28 Lamont Road Chelsea London | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 14 Gunter Grove Chelsea London SW10 | View on map
1901 - 1908
Died whilst living at this address
Studio located at 141A Old Church Street Chelsea London SW3 | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1890 - 1893
Exhibited 4 times, five works in all (portrait medallions). [This entry is based on a comparison of Graves (1905) and the annual exhibition catalogues by Michael Piper. These works are allocated to a Robert Edward Glassby by Graves, pp. 246-7]
Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1894
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1894 (Presumed)
Glassby won a Landseer Scholarship for sculpture in 1894. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1894', (1895), p. 29.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
Both Robert Edward C.F. Glassby Junior and Robert Glassby Senior 'Sculptor' neither employer nor employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist (Sculptor)' working on own account at home
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 58 folio 60 page 36
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 71 folio 12 page 16
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Robert Edward C F Glassby
Date of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1872
Registration district: Chelsea
Inferred County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 298
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Robert Edward Glassby
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Date of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1908
Age at Death: 36
Registration district: Chelsea
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 241
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Robert Edward Glassby
Probate Date: 10 Dec 1908
Death Date: 19 Nov 1908
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London
London, England, Electoral Registers, 1835-1965
2010
Name: Robert Glassby
Electoral Year: 1900
Parliamentary Division: Chelsea
County or Borough: Kensington and Chelsea AND Name: Robert Glassby
Electoral Year: 1901
Parliamentary Division: Chelsea
County or Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Citing this record
'Robert Edward C. F. Glassby Jnr', 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_1331638835, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
