James Currie
Born 1836 (Circa)
Active: 1851 - 1891
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor, monumental sculptor
Born in Ayr, Scotland (although Census Returns of 1851 give Marylebone, London as his birthplace). Son of Walter Currie (born c.1790), carpenter, resident in London by 1841.
Locations
Address 2 Orcus Street Marylebone London | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 240 Oxford Street London | View on map
1861 (Circa) - 1881 (Circa)
At other addresses between these dates
Address 248 Oxford Street London | View on map
1865 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Address 13 Grove Road Islington London | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 548 Oxford Street London | View on map
1887 (Circa) - 1890 (Circa)
Address 35 Springfield Road Hampstead London | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 64 Maitland Park Road St Pancras London | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1865 - 1887
Exhibited 6 times, 1 work per year; 3 works in 1866
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Listed as 'Monumental Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Plasterers Boy'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor'
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
'Retired Sculptor'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2004
HO107 piece 678 folio 6/24 page 42
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
HO107 piece 1491 folio 46 page 1
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 77 folio 14 page 21
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 301 folio 6 page 3
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 146 folio 14 page 21
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 110 folio 29 page 7
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 153 folio 149 page 16
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Citing this record
'James Currie', 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_1277883730, accessed 23 Sep 2021]
