Alfred William Bowcher
Other names: Boucher
Born 1863
Died 1890
Active: 1881 - 1890
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in London. He was the son of Henry (William) Bowcher (born c.1837 in Bristol or Bath), etcher, draughtsman and cartoonist. Alfred's younger brother was the sculptor and medallist Frank Bowcher (1864-1938).
Works
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Sketches in plaster for terra cotta statue on St Vincent Street Buildings, Glasgow
Sketch for decorative statuette
Pencil drawing of terracotta statues on St Vincent Street Buildings, Glasgow
Locations
Address 6 Woodstock Terrace Hornsey London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Studio located at Oakley Cottage Studio Chelsea London | View on map
1886 (Circa) - 1890 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Second Exhibition, 1889
'Model for terra cotta panel'
Exhibited at The Sixty-Third Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society Artists), 1889
'Jesse Collings, Esq., MP'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1886 - 1889
Exhibited 4 times, average 2 works per year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the nineteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1889
1889
Hermes (cat. no. 1507, plaster bust, £7 7s.); Sylph (cat. no. 1557, £30).
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate of George Jackson and Sons
Member of Art Workers Guild
1889 - 1890
Retired from Guild in 1890.
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, 1881
'Art Student' also his brother, Frank and his father, William, was 'Artist Draughtsman on wood'
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1890, p.6. Notice of death.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Second Exhibition.
1889
p.163, p.194, p.196, p.198, p.206.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 1376 folio 56 page 105
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Alfred William Bowcher
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Year of Registration: 1890
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 27
District: Edmonton
County: Essex, Hertfordshire, Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 166
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Citing this record
'Alfred William Bowcher', 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=msib2_1206488465, accessed 20 Jan 2021]