George Washington Henry Jack
Born 8 August 1855
Died 16 December 1931
Active: 1869 - 1931
Country of birth: United States
Country of death: England
Architect, wood carver, teacher
Born on Long Island, New York, USA of British parents. He returned to Scotland with his mother and brother on the death of his father in 1860 (arriving in January 1861). In 1869 he was apprenticed to the architect Horatio Kelson Bromhead. Six years later he moved to London, and worked in Charles George Vinall's architectural office as a draughtsman. In 1882 he joined the office of Philip Webb, and inherited the practice in 1900. Meanwhile he had become a wood carver and taught this subject at the School of Art Wood Carving, the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and the Royal College of Arts.
Wealth at death: £2,059 0s. 9d.
Resworn £2,089 0s. 9d.
Probate date: 24 February 1932
Works
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Locations
Address 18 Norfolk Street Glasgow Scotland | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Recorded in the Census Returns at his grandmother's address
Address 16 Kiver Road London England | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 14 Hugo Road Islington London England | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 14 North Highgate Hill N. London England | View on map
1899 (Presumed)
Address 14 North Hill Highgate London England | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 24 Station Road Finchley London England | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1931
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Sixth Exhibition, 1899
Multiple works
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Ninth Exhibition, 1910
Multiple works
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Art Workers Guild
May 1906 - 1931
Teacher at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1900 - 1922 (Circa)
He held various teaching positions, at first he was an instructor in furniture decoration, and then latterly became a craft teacher in wood carving and gesso work.
Teacher of woodcarving at School of Art Wood Carving
1904 - 1910
Teacher of woodcarving at Central School of Arts and Crafts
1908 - June 1915
From 1908 Jack is listed as a teacher of woodcarving in the department of Architecture and Building Crafts and of carving and gilding in the department of Cabinet Work and Furniture. Last listed in the 1914-1915 prospectus.
Worked for Longden & Co.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Architect'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Architectural draughtsman' employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Architect, Designer & Teacher of Wood Carving' working on own account at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Architect, Wood Carver & Teacher of same' teacher in County Council Schools, otherwise on own account at home, or in said school
Sources
1861 Scotland Census
2007
ED: 107
Household schedule number: 57
LINE: 7
Roll: CSSCT1861_113
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1906, p.8.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
1931, p.13.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Ninth Exhibition.
1910
p.63, p.109, p.126, p.145.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Sixth Exhibition.
1899
p.69, p.81, pp.121-123.
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. No. 210, p. 83
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 256; Folio: 75; Page: 57; GSU roll: 1341056
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 144; Folio: 68; Page: 23; GSU roll: 6095254
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 1244; Folio: 43; Page: 16
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN7174 RG78PN352 RD131 SD3 ED16 SN12
George Jack 1855-1931: Architect, Designer, Craftsman
2006
London County Council Central School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus & Time-Table for the Session Commencing 21 September 1908
21 September 1908
p. 2.
Citing this record
'George Washington Henry Jack', 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_1211907949, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
