Edward Ambrose
Born 1814
Died 1890
Active: 1858 - 1864
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Sculptor
Born in Cork. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools in London, and then in Paris, Rome and Louvain. Ambrose was awarded a medal by the Liverpool Academy in 1864. He exhibited twice at the Royal Academy in 1851 and 1864, Graves describes him as a painter.
Works
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Marble Group - Psyche discovering Cupid
1858 (Circa)
Locations
Address 101 Stanhope Street Hampstead Road London | View on map
1851 (Circa) - 1864 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1858
'Cupid raising Psyche from the soporific vision'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1900
'Medallion - Mrs Henry Roscoe' shown posthumously
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1909
Works shown posthumously
Exhibited at The National Exhibition, Cork, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1851 - 1864
Exhibited twice, two works (Psyche discovering Cupid, marble group, cat. no. 1277 in 1851 and 'Come Gentle Spring etc.', cat no. 1014 in 1864). Graves lists him as a painter
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
Irish Fine Art Section:
Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists;
Sculpture [located in] Gallery V.
p. 116, no. 472:'The Sleeping Ariadne'.
Marble Statuette.
Lent by Dr. Whitley-Allsom.
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 15
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1493 folio 790 page 71
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
Irish Fine Art Section:
Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists;
Sculpture [located in] Gallery V.
p. 116, no. 472:'The Sleeping Ariadne'.
Marble Statuette.
Lent by Dr. Whitley-Allsom.
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1858 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1858
Citing this record
'Edward Ambrose', 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_1202902141, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
