Charles Henry Mabey
Born 1836 (Circa)
Died 17 February 1912
Active: 1861 - 1900
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist, architectural sculptor, monumental sculptor, architectural modeller
Born in Pimlico, London. Died in Streatham, London and buried in Norwood Cemetery, Norwood Road, Lambeth on 21 February 1912.
Amongst the commissions undertaken by Mabey were work on Todmorden Town Hall (1870); the Temple Bar Memorial (1879-80); and creating full-sized models for the terra cotta enrichments on the facade of Hill's Bakery, London c.1887 which were moulded by J. C. Edwards (figure sculpture by Harry Bates). (See Beattie, 1983)
Beattie quotes an advertisement for Mabey's business, inviting: 'architects and others to [view] an extensive stock of new designs for buildings in all styles...Figure and architectural modelling and carving...ceiling flowers, cornice enrichment, capitals, trusses, enriched panels, chimneypieces, etc. Reredos, pulpits, fonts, tombs, monuments...' (Beattie, 1983, pp. 51-2)
Wealth at death: £2,448 17s. 11d.
Probate date: 29 February 1912
Locations
Address 75 Milton Street Marylebone London | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 103 Lisson Grove London | View on map
1863 (Circa)
At 108 Lisson Grove in 1870
Address 1A Prince's Street Westminster London | View on map
1864 (Circa) - 1889 (Circa)
At 1a Prince's Street from c.1864-66 and then at 1 Prince's Street, Storey's Gate from 1879-1889
Address 145 Kennington Park Road London SE | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 1, 1A & 2 Prince's Mews Storey's Gate London SW | View on map
1886
Address 244 Kennington Park Road London SE | View on map
1891 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Address 4 Stonehill Mansions Streatham High Road London | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1912 (Circa)
Ran a business at 150A Vauxhall Bridge Road London | View on map
1900 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1863 - 1889
Exhibited 9 times, one work each year (chiefly portrait busts and medallions).
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as C.H. and J. Mabey
Later traded as Charles Henry Mabey
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of James Mabey
Mother/father/parent of Charles Henry Mabey Junior
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
This may be Charles Henry Mabey Jnr as Charles senior either retired or close to retirement
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Modeller'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Sculptor' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor retired'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor retired'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
Class: HO107; Piece: 1571; Folio: 201; Page: 10; GSU roll: 174805
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 82 folio 72 page 26
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 680 folio 5 page 7
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 551 folio 8 page 8
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 398 folio 165 page 6
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 413 folio 45 page 17
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN2323 RG78PN78A RD26 SD5 ED38 SN320
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Charles Henry Mabey
Probate Date: 29 Feb 1912
Death Date: 17 Feb 1912
Death Place: Surrey, England
Registry: London
Kelly's Directory of the Building Trades Comprising Every Trade and Profession in any way connected with Architecture and Building throughout England, Scotland and Wales, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
1886
London Advertisements, p. 19
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p. 2233 and p. 2371
Public Sculpture of the City of London Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
2003
pp. 115-122
The New Sculpture
1983
pp. 51-2
Citing this record
'Charles Henry Mabey', 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_1271958663, accessed 29 Mar 2023]
