Arthur Philip Hall
Born 8 September 1886
Died 1973
Active: 1891 - 1911
Country of birth and death: England
Stone carver
Born in Woodford, Essex. He was the son of Nelson Hall (born c.1857 in Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire), a cabinet maker. His brother, Ernest N. Hall was an apprentice cabinet maker c.1901. Arthur Philip began as a shop boy employed by a draper but then trained as a stone carver.
Locations
Address 33 All Saint's Terrace Cheltenham England | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 30 Beeston Road Nottingham England | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 7 West Avenue Garden Village Manchester England | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Hall and his wife were staying with Harry Rendell Bond
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as Bond & Hall
Worked for Earp, Hobbs & Miller (by 1900)
Hall may have worked for the firm by 1911 when he moved to Manchester. In 1927, Harry Rendell designed a sculptural group symbolic of the sea for the Ship Canal House, head quarters of the Manchester Ship Canal Co. (architect, Harry S. Fairhurst) on behalf of Earp, Hobbs and Miller. The group was carved by Bond and Hall. (See Wyke, 2004, p. 88).
Personal and Professional Connections
Partner to Harry Rendell Bond
They worked for Earp, Hobbs and Miller before setting up in partnership as Bond and Hall in Levenshulme, Manchester.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Stone Carver, Architectural Sculptor' worker he was staying with Harry Rendell Bond (1881-c.1960) 'Modeller, Architectural Sculptor' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
Shop Boy (Draper), his father, Nelson Hall (born c.1857 in Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire) 'Cabinet Maker' and his brother, Ernest N. Hall 'Cabinet Maker, Apprentice' all workers
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 2043; Folio: 72; Page: 3; GSU roll: 6097153
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 3164; Folio: 42; Page: 28.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN23695 RG78PN1377 RD464 SD1 ED38 SN271
Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester Public Sculpture of Britain
2004
p. 88
Citing this record
'Arthur Philip Hall', 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_1338633065, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
