Edward Gustavus Physick
Born 1802
Died 1875
Active: 1822 - 1871
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Marylebone, London. Died in London and buried at Kensal Green Cemetery Grave no. 86/158/RS.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Sketch of a statue for Wordsworth
1850 (Presumed)
The lesson - a model
1850 (Presumed)
Head of the dying Saviour
1850 (Presumed)
A Head of the Dying Saviour
1850 (Presumed)
The Dying Saviour - Marble
1869 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 20 Upper Goucester Place London | View on map
1829 - 1848
Address 6 Gloucester Place New Road London | View on map
1850 (Circa) - 1857 (Circa)
Address 184 Marylebone Road London NW | View on map
1858 - 1869
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1869
Multiple works
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
'Head of the dying Saviour'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1822 - 1871
Exhibited 36 times (14 times post-1851), about 55 works in all
Exhibited at Exhibition of Modern Works of Art, at the Rooms of the Society, Temple Row (Birmingham Society of Artists), 1850
1850
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Institute of British Sculptors
Not a member in 1861, but possibly a member before or after this date
Personal and Professional Connections
Aunt/uncle of William Valentine Physick
Grandmother/grandfather/grandparent to Sidney Herbert Physick
Mother/father/parent of Edward James Physick
Sister/sibling of Robert Physick
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' and an employer working at home
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
in Physick Family of London pp. 982-8
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 82 folio 65 page 12
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec;
District: Kensington, London; Vol: 1a; Page: 35
List of Members: Institute of British Sculptors (or Sculptor's Institute)
2008 (Circa)
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p. 1365
Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p. 1803
Rules of the Institute of Sculptors
1861
p. iv (confirms he was not a member in 1861)
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
p. 65
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855
p. 53
Citing this record
'Edward Gustavus Physick', 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=msib4_1202127080, accessed 21 Mar 2023]