Francis (Pierre François) Verheyden
Born 1843 (Circa)
Died 22 April 1919
Active: 1871 - 1919
Country of birth and death: Belgium
Sculptor
Born in Belgium, remained a Belgian subject but lived in London from about 1870 and died in Wandsworth.
Wealth at death: £2,060 3s. 8d.
Probate date: 15 July 1919
Locations
Address 7 Ranelagh Grove Pimlico London | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 284 King's Road Chelsea London | View on map
1890 (Circa)
Address Hertford Lodge 117 Albert Bridge Road London | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1919
Personal and Professional Connections
Employee of Richard Claude Belt
Verheyden worked for Belt in the late 1870s. In 1881, following an anonymous article published in 'Vanity Fair' concerning his employer, Verheyden alleged that he was responsible for at least ten of Belt's works including the memorial to Lord Byron. Belt initiated a libel action against Charles Lawes who had written an open letter to the Lord Mayor of London concerning these allegations. The details of the trial are given in the entry for Richard Belt and are recounted in detail in John Sankey, 'The sculptor's ghost – the case of Belt v. Lawes', 'Sculpture Journal', vol 16, no 2, 2007 pp. 84-9.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
No occupation given, living separately but in the same house as Michael Lowry (born c.1843 in Ireland) 'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 116; Folio: 13; Page: 19; GSU roll: 838767
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 440; Folio: 6; Page: 4
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN2144 RG78PN74 RD26 SD1 ED1 SN150
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Francois Verheyden
Birth Date: abt 1842
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1919
Age at Death: 77
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 1d
Page: 392
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Pierre Francois Verheyden
Probate Date: 5 Jul 1919
Death Date: 22 Apr 1919
Death Place: Surrey, England
Registry: London
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Citing this record
'Francis (Pierre François) Verheyden', 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_1279723455, accessed 19 Jun 2021]
