Thomas Nelson MacLean
Other names: McClean
Born 1845
Died 21 November 1894
Active: 1870 - 1891
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, artist
Born in Deptford. He was the son of Nelson Horatio MacLean (born c.1815 in Scotland), a foreman to a pin manufacturer. Thomas was sent to study in Paris, and enrolled in the studio of Carrier-Belleuse. In 1870 he escaped from the siege of Paris and returned to London. He was married in 1894, a few months before his death.
This record includes information from 'Living English Sculptors' by Edmund Gosse, 'The Century Magazine', vol. XXVI, No 2, June 1883, pp. 163-85.
Wealth at death: £2,829 12s. 0d.
Probate date: 31 December 1894
Works
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Bust of Mr Foster, Hornby Castle
A Sea Nymph
1880 (Presumed)
Bust - Portrait
1880 (Presumed)
Bust
1880 (Presumed)
Bust Portraits
1880 (Presumed)
Small Bust
1885 (Circa)
Statuette - Art
1885 (Circa)
Statuette - Science
1885 (Circa)
Locations
Address 62 Boulevard Montparnasse Paris | View on map
1870 (Circa)
Address 158 Vauxhall Bridge Road London | View on map
1873 (Circa)
Address 3 Middleton Road Camden London | View on map
1874 (Circa)
Address Bolton House 141 Church Street London | View on map
1875 (Circa) - 1891 (Circa)
Address 41 Devonshire Street Portland Place London | View on map
1878 (Presumed)
Address 113 Church Street Chelsea London | View on map
1894
Living at this address when he died.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Yorkshire Fine Art Society, The First Spring Exhibition, 1880
'Bust Portraits'
Exhibited at Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Autumn Exhibition, 1880
'Bust - Portrait'
Exhibited at Leeds Mechanics' Institution, Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Leeds, 1875
Multiple works
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1885
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1870 - 1891
Exhibited 18 times, 32 works in all (a mixture of ideal works and portraits).
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1880 - 1890
Exhibited 4 times (an average of two works per show)
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1881
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1881 (1 work)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1890
1890
A Fountain (cat. no. 1305, statuette, not for sale).
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Thomas Woolner
30 December 1878
For RA; unsuccessful.
Seconded by Lawrence Alma- Tadema
30 December 1878
For RA; unsuccessful.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Artist sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor'
Sources
Aberdeen Artists' Society. First Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1885
July 1885
p. 43
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Papers relating to the founding of the Society
1888 (Circa)
'National Exhibition of the Arts'. Listed as one of 20 sculptors invited to be part of selection and hanging committee.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth, 1890 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1890
pp. 46-48.
Catalogue of the Autumn Exhibition (Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Leeds) 1880
1880
Cat. No 481, p. 52
Catalogue of the First Spring Exhibition 1880
1880
Cat. Nos. 708, 740, 744, 773, pp. 62, 64, 67, xv
Catalogue of the Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Leeds, 1875
1875
Cat. No. 17, p. 98
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 110; Folio: 20; Page: 32; GSU roll: 838765
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 81; Folio: 33; Page: 36; GSU roll: 1341018
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Thomas Nelson Maclean
Probate Date: 31 Dec 1894
Death Date: 21 Nov 1894
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London, England
England, Select Births and Christening Records, 1538-1975
2014
Name: Thomas Nelson Mc Lean
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1845
Baptism Date: 1 Feb 1846
Baptism Place: Saint Paul,Deptford,Kent,England
Father: Horatio Nelson Mc Lean
Mother: Susannah
FHL Film Number: 384871, 384872
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1878.
Citing this record
'Thomas Nelson MacLean', 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_1208963073, accessed 20 Mar 2023]
