Edouard Romain Dujardin
Born 1829 (Circa)
Died 19 April 1885
Active: 1861 - 1884
Country of birth and death: France
Wood carver, wood sculptor, sculptor
Born in Rouen, France. Died in London. He was unmarried and his sister, Louise who was the only next of kin was granted probate. It is possible this is the Monsieur Dujardin who was a foreman at Farmer and Brindley and modelled the terracotta animals and detailing for the Natural History Museum. Several circumstantial details suggest this - his residency over a lengthy period in Lambeth and Camberwell where many employees of architectural sculpture firms usually lived and the terracotta sculpture he showed at the Royal Academy in 1884. This last indicates that he had the ability to model although wood was the material with which he was primarily associated.
However, the Natural History Museum recently acquired a volume of drawings for the scheme of architectural decoration entitled 'Some details of the enrichments of the new Museum of Natural History (South Kensington) modelled by C. Dujardin for A. Waterhouse Esq. A.R.A. architect circa 1874-1879'. So far no 'C. Dujardin' has been identified but the surname is quite a common one and it has been suggested Farmer and Brindley brought the modeller from France to execute this commission. Another possible candidate is Auguste Dujardin (1847-c.1918) who worked in France as a sculptor and was involved in architectural work at Metz. But it is not known if there is any connection with the 'C. Dujardin' associated with the book of drawings or with Edouard Romain Dujardin.
For more information about the decoration of the Natural History Museum see C. Cunningham, 'The terracotta designs of Alfred Waterhouse', Natural History Museum, London, 2001 and for the reference to the book of drawings see: Alfred Waterhouse and his Terracotta Ark #BehindTheArt #MuseumWeek (accessed 31 December 2014).
Wealth at death: £188 1s. 0d.
Probate date: 21 May 1885
Locations
Address 46 Camberwell Grove Camberwell London | View on map
A visitor at this address with Rosalie Dujardin (born c.1792 in France), possibly his mother or an aunt.
Address 7 Richmond Terrace Lambeth London | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 23 Gairloch Road Camberwell London | View on map
1884 - 1885
The house number is given as 28 by Graves, it is not known if this is an error or Dujardin moved house.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1884
Exhibited once, one work 'Gossiping', group, terra cotta, cat. no. 1835.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Wood Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Wood Carver'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG9 Enumeration district 46
Piece number 343
Folio number 22
Page number 3
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 723; Folio: 79; Page: 60; GSU roll: 823350
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Edouard Romain Dujardin
Probate Date: 21 May 1885
Death Date: 19 Apr 1885
Death Place: Surrey, England
Registry: Principal Registry
Citing this record
'Edouard Romain Dujardin', 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_1419979021, accessed 02 Oct 2023]
