Arthur John Smith
Born 1848 (Circa)
Active: 1873 - 1917
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, modeller, stone carver
Born in Leamington, Warwickshire.
Works
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Tito
1885 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 15 Marchmont Street Brunswick Square London | View on map
1873 (Circa)
Address 79 St Paul's Road Camden London | View on map
1879 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Address 552 Fulham Road London | View on map
1882 (Circa)
Address 517 King's Road Chelsea London | View on map
1885 (Presumed)
Address 7 Musgrove Crescent Moor Park Hill London SW | View on map
1887 (Circa) - 1888 (Circa)
Address 5 Tournay Road Fulham London | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 18 Cambridge Road Battersea Park London | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1902 (Circa)
Address 5 Upcerne Road Chelsea London SW10 | View on map
1917 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Beneficiary of Turner Fund (Royal Academy of Arts), 1856-1951
8 June 1916
Listed as a Turner Fund Annuitant in 1916.
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: First Exhibition, 1888
'Frieze in plaster'
Exhibited at Fifth Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colour, and Architectural Designs, &c. (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1885
'Tito'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1873 - 1917
Exhibited 10 times, one work each year apart from 1873 when showed three medallions
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the thirteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1883
1883
Tito - 'Romola' by George Eliot (cat. no. 1629, £17 17s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
William Morris (cat. no. 1429, plaster bust, not for sale); W. T. E. Britten, Esq. (cat. no. 1431, plaster bust, not for sale).
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Stone Carver Cutter'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the First Exhibition.
1888
p.165.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 47; Folio: 74; Page: 78; GSU roll: 1341011
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 441 folio 7 page 6
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1883 Walker Art Gallery
1883
pp. 93-94.
Citing this record
'Arthur John Smith', 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_1210086704, accessed 03 Jun 2023]