Henry Priestly
Other names: Priestley
Born 1855 (Circa)
Active: 1881 - 1911
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, architectural modeller
Born in Pimlico, London. He was the son of Joseph Priestly (born c.1819 in Leeds), a plasterer.
Works
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Contributed to making of The Genius of Mechanical Invention uniting Commerce and Agriculture
1899 (Circa)
Executed fibrous plaster-work
Contributed to making of The Genius of Electricity uniting the Quarters of the Globe
Executed fibrous plaster-work
Locations
Address 8 Westbourne Street Westminster London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Living with his family
Address 7 Clifford's Row Pimlico Road London | View on map
1900 (Circa)
Address 33 Ringford Road Wandsworth London | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Home address, possibly also a business address
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Took part in Plaster Work (Art Workers Guild), 1887
November 1887
Descriptions of Practice
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2233
Listed as 'Architectural Modeller'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Moddler (sic) Figure Maker'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Modeller' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Modeller' employer
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1887, p.5.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Sixth Exhibition.
1899
p.26, p.28.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 100; Folio: 59; Page: 8; GSU roll: 1341022
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 482 folio 19 page 29
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN2398 RG78PN80 RD26 SD7 ED7 SN150
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2233
Citing this record
'Henry Priestly', 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_1211465230, accessed 18 Jun 2021]
