Thomas Kirk RHA
Born 17 April 1781
Died 19 April 1845
Active: 1797 - 1845
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Sculptor, owner of stone and marble yards, stone carver
The Thom's listings may have continued in the name of Thomas Kirk, placed by his brother, son or nephew, relating to a business still extant following Thomas Kirk's death in 1845.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Locations
Conducted a business at 22 Jervis Street Dublin | View on map
1840 - 1861
'Stone, Statuary and Marble Yards'.
Thomas Kirk died in 1845, but his name and business seem to have been continued by other members of the Kirk family.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The National Exhibition, Cork, 1852
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1852
1835
cat. nos 385, 387
Exhibited at Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures (and Loan Museum of Works of Art), 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture.
p. 79, no. 12: 'The Young Champion'.
Loaned by W. B. Smythe, Esq.
Posthumously exhibited, as Thomas Kirk, RHA, died in 1845.
Personal and Professional Connections
Mother/father/parent of Eliza Kirk
Probably Eliza, one of four daughters of Thomas Kirk, who became a sculptor.
Mother/father/parent of Joseph Robinson Kirk
Descriptions of Practice
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
'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 1856 Thom's Directory
'Stone, Statuary and Marble Yards'.
Sources
Official Catalogue of the Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures and Loan Museum of Works of Art, 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture.
p. 79, no. 12: 'The Young Champion'.
Loaned by W. B. Smythe, Esq.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
L. H. Cust, ‘Kirk, Thomas (1781–1845)’, rev. John Turpin, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15653, accessed 20 July 2009]
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1852 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1852
cat. no. 385
Citing this record
'Thomas Kirk 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_1202298339, accessed 02 Feb 2023]