Stephen Webb
Born 1849
Died 1933
Active: 1881 - 1912
Country of birth and death: England
Modeller, plaster worker, sculptor, designer
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire (the 1911 Census Returns gives Glasgow as his birthplace but this is probably an error). Webb was a chief designer for the cabinet makers Collinson & Lock c.1885-97 and also designed wallpaper friezes for Jeffrey & Co. He specialised in intarsia and modelled plaster work. Webb lectured on the latter subject at the Art Workers Guild and Royal Institute of British Architects (1891). He exhibited regularly with the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and contributed three texts on furniture, wood and carving to the volume of 'Arts and Crafts Essays: by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society' published in 1893. He may have taught sculpture at the Royal College of Art but this is uncorroborated.
Locations
Address 10 Rydon Crescent Clerkenwell London | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 9 The Grove St Pancras London | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 63 Margravine Gardens Fulham London | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 20 Mulgrave Row Fulham London | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Studio located at The Studio, 17 St Dunstan's Road Baron's Court London W6 | View on map
1912 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Speaker at Modelled and cast plaster-work (Art Workers Guild), 1896
Speaker at Plaster Work (Art Workers Guild), 1887
November 1887
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Model Maker Plaster Work'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Modeller & Sculptor' employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Designer & Modeller', also his son John SF (born c.1883 in Hendon) 'Woodcarver' and Frank R (born c.1884 Raynes Park) 'Decorative Draughtsman' all workers
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor'
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1887, p.5; 1896, p.5.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 357 folio 19 page 31
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 138 folio 21 page 38
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 56 folio 76 page 10
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN319 RG78PN10 RD3 SD4 ED16 SN14
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Stephen Webb
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1849
Registration district: Portsea Island
Inferred County: Hampshire
Volume: 7
Page: 202
Citing this record
'Stephen Webb', 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_1213013511, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
