(Herbert) Joseph Cribb
Born 1892
Died 1967
Active: 1911 - 1946
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, letter-cutter
Born in Hammersmith, London. He was the son of Herbert W. Cribb (born c.1864 in Hackney), a cartographer. Joseph (as he was known) became Eric Gill's assistant when he was fourteen and then his apprentice. From 1924, when Gill left Dichling Common, Cribb established a successful independent practice as a sculptor and letter-cutter. He died in Sussex.
Works
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Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at British Handicrafts by the Arts and Crafts Society and the Red Rose Guild, 1940
Multiple works
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1946 (Presumed)
Craft member 1946.
Personal and Professional Connections
Apprenticed to (Arthur) Eric Rowton Gill
1904 (Circa)
At the age of fourteen Cribb became Gill's first assistant and apprentice. They worked together until 1924.
Sister/sibling of Lawrence W. Cribb
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Letter-cutter & Sculptor' worker and Arthur Eric Rowton Gill 'Letter-cutter & Sculptor' employer working at home
Sources
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Members and Craftsmen
1946 (Probable)
Catalogue of British Handicrafts by the Arts and Crafts Society and the Red Rose Guild, 1940
1940
Cat. Nos. 144, 209, pp. 14, 19
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN5039 RG78PN223 RD77 SD1 ED2 SN116
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Herbert J Cribb
Birth Date: abt 1892
Date of registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1967
Age at Death: 75
Registration district: Cuckfield
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 257
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Herbert Joseph Cribb
Date of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1892
Registration district: Fulham
Inferred County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 175
Citing this record
'(Herbert) Joseph Cribb', 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_1210254464, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
