John Cassidy RCA, RBS
Born 1 January 1860
Died 19 July 1939
Active: 1885 - 1939
Country of birth: Ireland
Country of death: England
Sculptor, teacher
Born at Littlewood, Slane, Co. Meath, Ireland. Studied in Dublin 1880-1883, then Manchester 1883. Assistant teacher of modelling c.1887. In 1887 he gave demonstrations in modelling from life at the Manchester Royal Jubilee Exhibition, during which he is said to have modelled in clay 'more than 200' (or '185' according to another writer) heads of visitors to the exhibition.
Further information available at http://www.johncassidy.org.uk/index.html (accessed 28 August 2010)
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Design for Bronze Memorial Tablet Erected at Gorton Unitarian Church
John Howard, the Prison Reformer
Study of the Head for the Bronze Statue of Edward Colston
Suggestion for Memorial Tablet to the Late Herbert Birley, Chairman of the Manchester School Board
Design for Memorial to the Manchester Soldiers Who Fought in the South African War
Enid, Daughter of Byron Cooper, Esq.
Thomas de Quincey, the English Opium Eater
Sketch Model for the Bronze Statue of Edward Colston Recently Erected in Bristol
The Chief Librarian of Manchester (Charles W. Sutton, Esq.)
The Late Captain Scott and His Gallant Heroes Nearing the Pole
On the Moorland - Ottoline Mary, Daughter of George H. Walker, Esq.
Panel
1885 (Presumed)
The Late Sir Charles Halle
1896 (Presumed)
John and Sebastian Cabot, the discoverers of America, and pioneers of British maritime enterprise
1897
The late Sir Charles Halle
1898
Sketch Model for the bronze Statue, 'Edward Colston'
1898
Henry Clarence Whait, PRCA, RWS
1900
A Shepherd Boy
1904 (Presumed)
Harold H. Hilton, Esq., Amateur Champion 1900-1901
1904 (Presumed)
Anderson Hague, Esq., RCA, RI
1908 (Presumed)
The late Charles Potter, RCA
8 June 1908 (Presumed)
A Shepherd boy
31 May 1909 (Presumed)
The Weaver's Wife
1909 (Presumed)
Saving the Flag
1909
Equestrian Statuette
1909
'John and Sebastion Cabot'. The pioneers of British Maritime Enterprize
1910 (Presumed)
£84
A Miner
1912 (Presumed)
£60
Catalogue No. 215A
The Vice Chancellor of the Victoria University of Manchester
1912
Sam Griffiths, the Road-mender
1915 (Presumed)
Returning from Work
1915 (Presumed)
Love's Whisper
1915 (Presumed)
Paper-weight
1915 (Presumed)
Paper-weight
1915 (Presumed)
The Refugees
1920 (Presumed)
Adam
1920 (Presumed)
Eve
1920 (Presumed)
Bonny Bird
1923 (Presumed)
Spring
1923 (Presumed)
£15
Portrait of a Lady
1925 (Presumed)
Professor Sir W. Boyd Dawkins
1925 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 71 Cawdor Road Fallowfield Manchester | View on map
1932 (Circa)
Care of The Athenaeum Manchester | View on map
Conducted a business at 34 and 35 Barton Arcade Manchester | View on map
Studio located at Lincoln Grove Studio Plymouth Grove Manchester | View on map
1893 (Circa) - 1925 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1920
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1898
'Sketch Model for the bronze Statue, 'Edward Colston''
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1899
'John and Sebastian Cabot, the discoverers of America, and pioneers of British maritime enterprise'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1900
'Henry Clarence Whait, PRCA, RWS'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1909
'Equestrian Statuette'
Exhibited at The Seventieth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1896
'The Late Sir Charles Halle'
Exhibited at The Seventy-Eighth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1904
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1907
'The Weaver's Wife'
Exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery, First Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, 1891
Multiple works
Exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Work by Manchester Artists, 1926
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eighth Autumn Exhibition, 1890
'Fred Harsley, Esq., MA'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eleventh Autumn Exhibition, 1893
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
'Study of the Head for the Bronze Statue of Edward Colston'
Exhibited at Manchester Art Federation, Fine & Applied Art Exhibition, 1924
Multiple works
Exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery, Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, 1895
'Suggestion for Memorial Tablet to the Late Herbert Birley, Chairman of the Manchester School Board'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Third Autumn Exhibition, 1905
'Design for Memorial to the Manchester Soldiers Who Fought in the South African War'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
'Thomas Read Wilkinson, Esq.'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897
'Sketch Model for the Bronze Statue of Edward Colston Recently Erected in Bristol'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Sixteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1898
'George Milner, Esq., JP'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Seventeenth Autumn Exhibition, 1899
'The Late Sir Charles Halle'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Fourteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1896
Multiple works
Exhibited at City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Modern Oil Paintings and Sculpture, 1913
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Sixth Autumn Exhibition, 1908
'On the Moorland - Ottoline Mary, Daughter of George H. Walker, Esq.'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition, 1906
Multiple works
Exhibited at Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 81st Spring Exhibition, 1940
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Second Autumn Exhibition, 1904
'Mrs G. H. Walker'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-First Autumn Exhibition, 1903
Multiple works
Exhibited at Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 75th Spring Exhibition, 1934
Multiple works
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
The late Sir Charles Hallé (cat. no. 1162, bust, illustrated on p. 122, £150); H. Clarence Whaite, Esq., PRCA, RWS (cat. no. 1234, illustrated on p. 123, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
The late Tom Jones, MRCS, who died in South Africa, 1901 (cat. no. 1458, bronze medallion, £25).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Thomas de Quincey - The English Opium Eater (cat. no. 1490, £105).
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1908
8 June 1908 - 26 September 1908
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition, 1909
31 May 1909 - 25 September 1909
£15 15s.
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1910
16 May 1910 - 24 September 1910
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirtieth Annual Exhibition, 1912
27 May 1912 - 28 September 1912 (Presumed)
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition, 1915
1 June 1915 - 25 September 1915
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-First Annual Exhibition, 1923
4 June 1923 - 6 October 1923
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Third Annual Exhibition, 1925
1 June 1925 - 3 October 1925
Exhibited at Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fiftieth Annual Exhibition, 1932
4 June 1932 - 1 October 1932
Institutional and Business Connections
Assistant teacher at Manchester School of Art
1887 (Circa)
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1930
Resigned in 1930.
Honorary treasurer of Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
Member of Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
Member of Royal Cambrian Academy of Art
1912 - 1926
Cassidy was an Academician of the RCA from 1912-1926. For a substantial period of time (unclear exactly how much) he was the only sculptor academician of the Academy.
Recorded as an associate of the RCA pre 1912 and as an Honorary retired Academician from 1928-1950.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1914 - 1930
Member of committee at Manchester School of Art
p. 1
Studied at Manchester School of Art
1883 (Circa) - 1887 (Circa)
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1896
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Calendar of the Municipal School of Art, Session 1918-19
1918
p. 4
Calendar of the Municipal School of Art, Session 1923-24
1923
p. 3
Calendar of the Municipal School of Art, Session 1930-31
1930
p. 4
Calendar of the Municipal School of Art, Session 1938-39
1938
p. 5
Catalogue of the 75th Spring Exhibition, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 1934
1934
Cat. Nos. 266, 270, pp. 1, 42, 45
Catalogue of the 80th Spring Exhibition, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 1939
1939
p. 1
Catalogue of the 81st Spring Exhibition, Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, 1940
1940
Cat. Nos. 346, 347, p. 47 (two works exhibited posthumously in recognition of Cassidy's death the year before)
Catalogue of the Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
1900
Cat. Nos. 247, 248, 254, pp. 2, 45, 46, 49
Catalogue of the Eighth Autumn Exhibition, 1890
1890
Cat. Nos. 701, 702, 704, 705, 707, pp. 54, 57
Catalogue of the Eleventh Autumn Exhibition, 1893
1893
Cat. Nos. 785, 789, 799, pp. 2, 62, 63, 67
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Modern Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Autumn 1913
1913
Cat. Nos. 221, 223, pp. 49, 54
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Work by Manchester Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1926
1926
Cat. Nos. 157, 158, 199, 329, 401a, 401b, pp. 19, 22, 34, 40
Catalogue of the Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897
1897
Cat. No. 412, pp. 1, 2, 43, 47
Catalogue of the Fine & Applied Art Exhibition, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1924
1924 (Presumed)
Cat No. 318, pp. 33, 35
Catalogue of the First Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1891
1891
Cat. No. 69, pp. 8, 123
Catalogue of the Fourteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1896
1896
Cat. Nos. 340, 341, 342, pp. 1, 2, 34, 37
Catalogue of the Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
1901
pp. 1, 2
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. No. 635, pp. 205, 254
Catalogue of the Seventeenth Autumn Exhibition, 1899
1899
pp. 1, 2
Catalogue of the Sixteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1898
1898
Cat. Nos. 227, 228, pp. 1, 2, 29
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1907
1907
Cat. No. 730, pp. 58, 69
Catalogue of the Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
1895
Cat. No. 631, pp. 54, 56
Catalogue of the Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
1894
Cat. Nos. 623, 624, pp. 54, 57
Catalogue of the Twenty-First Autumn Exhibition, 1903
1903
Cat. Nos. 288, 289, pp. 47, 50
Catalogue of the Twenty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition, 1906
1906
Cat. No. 264, pp. 47, 52
Catalogue of the Twenty-Second Autumn Exhibition, 1904
1904
Cat. Nos. 294, 295, pp. 48, 53
Catalogue of the Twenty-Sixth Autumn Exhibition, 1908
1908
Cat. Nos. 195, 203, pp. 36, 37, 40
Catalogue of the Twenty-Third Autumn Exhibition, 1905
1905
Cat. No. 274, pp. 46, 52
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fiftieth Annual Exhibition
1932
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
1937
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-First Annual Exhibition
1933
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
1936
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Second Annual Exhibition
1934
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
1939
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
1938
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition
1935
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
1930
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-First Annual Exhibition
1923
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
1929
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
1928
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fourty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
1926
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirtieth Annual Exhibition
1912
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
1920
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-First Annual Exhibition
1913
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition
1915
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
1910
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
1925
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
1909
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
1908
The Annual Report of the Manchester School of Art, December 30, 1885
1886
pp. 3, 9, 16, 17, 18, 29, 30
The Annual Report of the Manchester School of Art, January 21st, 1887
1887
pp. 3, 16, 17, 18
The Annual Report of the Manchester School of Art, January 6th, 1885
1885
p. 3
Citing this record
'John Cassidy RCA, RBS', 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=msib1_1202142856, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
