Terence Farrell ARHA, RHA
Born 1798
Died 19 March 1876
Active: 1826 - 1865
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Sculptor
Born at Creve, County Longford. He was the first of a family of sculptors; all of Farrell's six sons became sculptors: James (1821-1891); Joseph (1823-1904); Thomas (c.1827-1900); John (1829-1901), Michael (1834-55) and William (1839-after 1913). Terence was brought to Dublin in 1810 by his mother and began studying at the modelling school of the Dublin Society. After this he was a pupil and assistant to Thomas Kirk (c.1819-26).
In the 1830s Terence established a reputation as a portrait sculptor specializing in miniature heads. He also received a number of commissions for church monuments, into which he often incorporated a portrait. Terence's most important patron was Thomas, Earl de Grey and the latter's death in 1859 marked the beginning of a decline in his practice. After creating a memorial to Lady St Germans between 1860-5, Terence seems to have retired. He died ten years later in 1876.
Works
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Early Sorrow
1848
Also titled 'Early affliction'
Bust of the late Captain Webb
1851
Bust of the late Lord Monck
1851
Bust of Theobald Wolfe Tone
1853
Miniature Bust of the Lady Agnes Villiers
1853
exh. cat. no. 469
Miniature Bust of the Right Honourable Earl De Grey-Marble
1853
Miniature Bust of James Hans Hamilton, Esq., M.P.
1853
Miniature Bust of the Earl of Enniskillen
1853
exh. cat. no. 474
Miniature Bust of the late Earl of Besborough
1853
exh. cat. no. 481
Miniature Bust of the late William Nugent Skelly, Esq.
1853
exh. cat. no. 482
Monumental Medallion of the late Rev. Charles Wolfe
1853
exh. cat. no. 483
Miniature Bust of a Lady
1853
exh. cat. no. 484.
Miniature Bust of the Lady Emily Villiers
1853
exh. cat. no. 485.
Pastime - Models
1859
Pastime - Models
1859
Sketch Model, Design for a Statue of General Sir Lowry Cole
1860
Madonna, Statue in Marble
1860
pp. 24-25 of this exh. cat. missing.
Bust of the late Admiral Trench
1861
Bust of the late Lord Monck
1861
Bust of a Lady
1861
Bust of a Gentleman
1861
Bust of Wolfe Tone
1862
Bust of the late Captain Webb
1862
Bust of the late W. H. Byrne, Esq.
1862
Bust of the late John Brown, Esq.
1863
Bust of a Child
1863
Locations
Address 11 Warrington Place Dublin | View on map
1863
Ran a business at 106 Lower Gloucester Street, North Dublin | View on map
'Sculptors'.
Ran a business at 132 Gloucester Street Dublin | View on map
'Stone, Statuary and Marble Yards'
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1851
'Bust of the late Lord Monck'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1853
'Miniature Bust of the Earl of Enniskillen'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1858
'The late Colonel Blacker'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1859
'Pastime - Models '
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860
'Madonna, Statue in Marble'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1861
'Pastime - Original Model'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1863
'Bust of the late John Brown, Esq.'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1864
'Bust of the Late James Hans Hamilton, MP'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1866
Multiple works
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected to membership of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1858 - 1876
ARHA in 1858 and RHA in 1859.
Personal and Professional Connections
Mother/father/parent of Thomas Farrell
Thomas was the third son of Terence
Mother/father/parent of James Farrell
James was the oldest son of Terence
Mother/father/parent of Joseph Farrell
Joseph was the second son of Terence
Mother/father/parent of John Farrell
John was the fourth son of Terence
Mother/father/parent of William Farrell
William was the sixth son of Terence
Received patronage from Grey
1840 (Circa) - 1859
Descriptions of Practice
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1856 Thom's Directory
'Stone, Statuary and Marble Yards'
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1861 Thom's Directory
'Stone, Statuary and Marble Yards'
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1851 Thom's Directory
1851
'Stone, Statuary and Marble Yards'
Listed under Sculptors Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1876 Thom's Directory
Listed under Sculptors Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1866 Thom's Directory
1866 (Circa)
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 420-1
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Thirty-Fifth Exhibition, 1863
1863
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Thirty-Fourth Exhibition, 1862
1862
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1851 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1851
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1853 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1853
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1858 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1858
Citing this record
'Terence Farrell ARHA, RHA', 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=msib3_1202139531, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
