John Wilson
Born 1840 (Circa)
Died 1904 (Circa)
Active: 1888 - 1901
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, architectural sculptor
Born in Hallston, Leicester. He was the father of George W. Iliffe Wilson (born c.1867), sculptor. John Wilson's year of death is provisional.
Works
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Model in plaster for head in bronze
Locations
Address 60 Park Walk Chelsea London | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 105A Cheyne Walk Chelsea London | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Lodging at this address
Studio located at 11 Trafalgar Studios King's Road London SW | View on map
1888 (Circa) - 1892 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: First Exhibition, 1888
Multiple works
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Second Exhibition, 1889
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1892
Exhibited once ('Medusa', bronze head, cat no. 1977).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
Medusa (cat. no. 1382, bronze bust, £52 10s.).
Personal and Professional Connections
May be connected to John Wilson
Very possibly the same person
Mother/father/parent of George William Iliffe Wilson
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, 1891
'Sculptor' and his son George W. Iliffe (born c.1867) 'Sculptor' both employers
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' and his son George W. Iliffe also 'Sculptor' (employment status not marked)
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the First Exhibition.
1888
pp.141-142, p.165.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Second Exhibition.
1889
p.256, p.260.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 58 folio 100 page 36
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 78 folio 147 page 25
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: John Wilson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1904
Age at Death: 64
Registration district: Chelsea
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 220
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Citing this record
'John Wilson', 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_1210071470, accessed 02 Jun 2023]
