James Farrell ARHA, RHA
Born 1821
Died 20 November 1891
Active: 1836 - 1891
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Sculptor
Born in Dublin. He was the oldest son of Terence Farrell (1798-1876) and one of six brothers who all became sculptors. James studied in his father's studio and they occasionally collaborated, for example on a bust of the Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, exhibited under both their names in 1842. One of his most successful works was 'The Pet Dove's Return' which won a prize in Dublin and was exhibited at the Royal Academy and Great Exhibition of 1851.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Bust of a Gentleman
1853
Sketch Model of a Monument to the late Archbishop Murray
1853
The Annunciation
1856
Statue in Marble, the Youthful Saviour, Disputing with the Doctors
1859
Goldsmith
1860
pp.24-25 of this exh. cat. missing.
Bust of the late Mrs Stewart
1862
Marble Statue of the Youthful Saviour in the Temple
1862
St Agnes, martyred under Diocletian
1868
The Dauphin
1879
A Bather
1880
Joy
1880
Sorrow
1880
Joy
1881
Sorrow (Marble)
1881
The Grief of Calypso after the departure of Ulysses
1882
'Has Sorrow thy young days shaded'
1883
The Bride
1883
Cimabue
1884
Twilight
1884
Morning Star
1884
The Emigrant
1885
The Favourite Doll
1885
The Message of Love
1886
Medallion of a Lady
1886
Genevieve
1886
Cannera
1887
Statuette - The Right Hon. William Edward Gladstone, MP
1888
Group - St Agnes and Fabiola
1889
Love's Messenger
1889
A Poetess
1889
Graziella
1889
Beppo
1889
Solitude
1890
Lear and Cordelia
1890
Jealousy
1891
Locations
Address 132 Gloucester Street Dublin | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 132 Lower Gloucester Street Dublin | View on map
1856 - 1869 (Presumed)
Address 106 Gloucester Street London | View on map
1880 (Circa)
Ran a business at 106 Lower Gloucester Street, North Dublin | View on map
1876
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1852
'The Tired Hunter'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1853
'Sketch Model of a Monument to the late Archbishop Murray'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1856
'The Annunciation'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1859
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1868
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1879
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1880
'Joy'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1881
'Sorrow (Marble)'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1882
'The Grief of Calypso after the departure of Ulysses'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1883
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1884
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1885
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1886
'Genevieve'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1887
'Cannera'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1888
'Statuette - The Right Hon. William Edward Gladstone, MP'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1889
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1890
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1891
'Little Lord Fontleroy'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1843 - 1869
Exhibit four times (twice before 1851), average one work per year.
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Exhibited at Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures (and Loan Museum of Works of Art), 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture:
p.84,
no. 126:'The Pet Dove's Return'.
Owned by the artist.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the eleventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1881
1881
Sorrow (cat. no. 1421, £25); Joy (cat. no. 1423, £25).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the fourteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1884
1884
Charles Stewart Parnell, Esq., MP, (cat. no. 2222, exhibited in Room G, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the eighteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1888
1888
Graziella (cat. no. 1370, marble, £36 15s.).
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected to membership of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1881
ARHA in 1881, RHA in 1883.
Employed at Copeland (William Taylor Copeland)
Employed by Copeland. See Copeland 'Parian Copeland's Statuary Porcelain' (2007), p. 87, no dates are given.
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Terence Farrell
James was the oldest son of Terence
Sister/sibling of Joseph Farrell
Sister/sibling of William Farrell
Sister/sibling of Thomas Farrell
Sister/sibling of John Farrell
Descriptions of Practice
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
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
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 417-8
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the eighteenth, 1888 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1888
pp. 54-56.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1881 Walker Art Gallery
1881
p. 81.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1884 Walker Art Gallery
1884
p. 129.
Official Catalogue of the Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures and Loan Museum of Works of Art, 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture:
p.84,
no. 126:'The Pet Dove's Return'.
Owned by the artist.
Parian Copeland's Statuary Porcelain
2007
p. 87.
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Thirty-Fourth Exhibition, 1862
1862
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1852 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1852
cat. no. 378
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1853 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1853
cat. no. 458.
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1856 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1856
Citing this record
'James 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_1202402786, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
