Charles Edward Whiffen

Locations

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Address 9 Rodney Terrace Cheltenham | View on map
1889 (Circa) - 1890 (Circa)
Registered in Cheltenham with his family in 1901 (see Census Returns 1901)

Address 89 Altenburg Gardens Clapham Common London SW | View on map
1907 (Circa) - 1929

Studio located at 7 Stanley Studios Park Walk London SW | View on map
1916 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1889 - 1916
Exhibited 7 times, one work each year (two in 1916).

Institutional and Business Connections

Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1927

Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1920 - 1927
In 1927 it is recorded that Whiffen has been struck off the roll of members for non-payment of subscriptions.

Descriptions of Practice

Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor living in London. The artist exhibited a bronze portrait medallion of Miss Beatrice Austin at the Royal Academy, London, in 1916. See vol. 8, (1930), p. 271.

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' worker

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account

Sources

Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
1930
p. 271.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 2466 folio 166 page 6

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN2232 RG78PN76 RD26 SD3 ED12 SN53

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Charles Edward Whiffen Probate Date: 20 Apr 1929 Death Date: 5 Mar 1929 Death Place: Surrey, England Registry: London

List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008

Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, Vol. VI SHERR-ZUL
1982
p. 266

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council and Accounts For the Year ending 21 December 1920. To be Presented at the Seventeenth Ordinary General Meeting, 1920
1920
p. 5

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1927, to be Presented at the Twenty-Fourth Ordinary General Meeting, 1928
March 1928
p. 3.

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 8: Toft to Zwecker
1906
p. 249