Mr John Woodhouse ARHA
Born 1835
Died 1880
Active: 1853 - 1880
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Medallist, engraver, seal engraver, die-sinker
Born in Dublin. Son of the medallist William Woodhouse (1805-1878, active until c. 1847). Forrer notes that the artist's death 'probably took place towards the end of the eighties'. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 547 and p. 551.
Works
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Model in Wax, of the Proposed Medal of the Royal Dublin Society
Frame of Medals
1860
A Bust of William Woodhouse
1862
Specimens of Medals
1862
Bust of a Gentleman
1864
Specimens of Medal Die Engraving
1864
Specimens of Medal Die Engraving
1865
Specimens of Medal, Die and Seal Engraving
1868
Group of Shorthorns
1868
Specimens of Medal Die Engraving
1870
Specimens of Medal Die Engraving
1881
£60
Case of Medals
1883
Locations
Address 5 Kildare Place Dublin | View on map
1868
Ran a business at 11 Harrington Street Dublin | View on map
1886 - 1896
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860
'Frame of Medals'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1863
'Medals'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1864
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1865
'Specimens of Medal Die Engraving'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1866
'Medals'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1868
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1870
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1877
'Medals'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1878
'Medals'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1879
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1881
'Specimens of Medal Die Engraving'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1883
'Case of Medals'
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected to membership of Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1863
ARHA in 1863.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist 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 VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a medallist and die-sinker who was born and educated in Dublin. Trained and worked with his father William Woodhouse (1805-1878). Won various medals in Dublin from c. 1853. In 1862 he won the Prize Medal of the Royal Hibernian Academy 'for his skill in modelling' and became an Associate of the Academy in 1863. Forrer lists numerous medals produced between c. 1864 and 1884. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), pp. 546-550.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1886 Thom's Directory
'Engravers'; 'Seal Engravers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1891 Thom's Directory
'Seal Engravers'.
Listed in Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1896 Thom's Directory
'Seal Engravers'.
Sources
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
Royal Hibernian Academy, Catalogue of the Thirty-Second Exhibition, 1860 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1860
p. 22 (526)
Thom's Irish Almanac and Official Directory with the Post Office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1886 Thom's Directory
1886
pp. 1840, 1858
Citing this record
'Mr John Woodhouse ARHA', 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_1203510441, accessed 28 May 2023]
