Albert Arthur Toft FRBS
Born 3 June 1862
Died 18 December 1949
Active: 1883 - 1949
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, potter's modeller, teacher, author
Born in Handsworth, Staffordshire. (Handsworth was in Staffordshire at the time he was born and was transferred to Birmingham, Warwickshire in 1911). He served an apprenticeship as a potter's modeller at Josiah Wedgwood and Son's where his father, Charles Toft (c.1832-1909) was principal modeller. Albert studied first at art schools in Hanley and Newcastle-under-Lyme. Then in 1881 he won a scholarship to the National Art Training School (later Royal College of Art), South Kensington where he became one of Lanteri's early pupils.
Albert's early works were medallions and portrait busts, later he received commissions for statuary and architectural reliefs. Stocker (2004) considers Toft's career suffered because of the abundance of highly talented sculptors who were slightly older than him. He died in a nursing home, at 22 Downview Road, Worthing, Sussex.
A photograph of Toft and a very short notice about his career appeared in 'The Stone Trades Journal' Vol XXX, no. 9, March 1911, p. 650.
Wealth at death: £16,367 18s. 2d.
Probate date: 4 March 1950
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.
Portrait Bust of Henry Lytton, Esq.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone
A Home Lesson
1886 (Presumed)
The late Sir William Pearce, Bart
1891 (Presumed)
Portrait Bust
1891 (Presumed)
Whitworth Wallis, Esq.
1893 (Presumed)
Cunningham Graham, Esq.
1894 (Presumed)
The Late Sir William Pearce, Bart
1894
Spring
1899 (Presumed)
Hagar
1899 (Presumed)
Spring
1899 (Presumed)
Henry Lytton
1899 (Presumed)
Invocation
1900 (Presumed)
The Late Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone
1900 (Presumed)
Cecil ('Boo'), Son of Edward Walter, Esq.
1900 (Presumed)
Edward Walter, Esq.
1900 (Presumed)
Spring
1901
The Oracle
1901
Victory
1901
Hagar
1901
Her Most Gracious Majesty the late Queen
1901 (Presumed)
£26 10s.
Head
1901 (Presumed)
£10 10s.
Mother and Child
1901 (Presumed)
£12 12s.
Hagar
1901 (Presumed)
£15 15s.
Buddha
1901 (Presumed)
The Late Sir William Pearce, Bart
1901 (Presumed)
Study of an Old Man's Head
1901 (Presumed)
The Young Vulcan
1901 (Presumed)
Spirit of Contemplation
1901 (Presumed)
Portrait Bust of the Late Edward Toft
1902 (Presumed)
The Late Dr Swinnerton Heap
1902 (Presumed)
His Majesty the King
1902 (Presumed)
Mrs Cyril Maude (Miss Winifred Emery)
1903 (Presumed)
Sir Robert Harvey, JP
1903 (Presumed)
Miss EllalineTerriss
1904 (Presumed)
The Late Philip James Bailey
1904 (Presumed)
Panel from 'Festus'
1904 (Presumed)
Mark Hambourg
1905 (Presumed)
The Mother
1906 (Presumed)
Hagar
1906 (Presumed)
Seymour Hicks, esq.
1906 (Presumed)
Victory
1907 (Presumed)
Recumbent Figure
1907 (Presumed)
St Cecilia
1907 (Presumed)
Sir William Treloar, Bart, Lord Mayor of London, 1907
1908 (Presumed)
The Rt Hon. (the late) W. E. Gladstone
1908 (Presumed)
St Cecilia
1920 (Presumed)
£31 10s.
The Metal Pourer
1920 (Presumed)
£31 10s.
Study for the Figure of Antigone
1920 (Presumed)
£36 15s.
The Metal Pourer
1938
Locations
Address York Terrace Lichfield Road Aston | View on map
1871
Address 46 Ashford Street Stoke-on-Trent | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 87 Clifton Hill St. John's Wood London NW | View on map
1904 (Presumed) - 1915
Address 30A Abbey Road London NW8 | View on map
1945 (Circa) - 1949
In 1941-2 address was Bell Hotel St. Albans [See Royal Academy Exhibitors (1987) p. 152]. Toft was living at this address at the time of his death.
Studio located at 11 and 12 Trafalgar Studios Manresa Road London SW | View on map
1885 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Albert Toft occupied these studios with his brother Alfonso
(1900) Listed as just No.11
Studio located at 10 The Avenue, 76 Fulham Road London SW | View on map
1902 (Circa) - 1903 (Circa)
Studio located at The Studio, 223A Portsdown Road Maida Vale London | View on map
1916 (Circa) - 1942 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1899
'Portrait Bust of Henry Lytton, Esq.'
Exhibited at Fifth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1905
'Victory'
Exhibited at The Autumn Exhibition, at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham), 1886
'A Home Lesson '
Exhibited at The Sixty-Eighth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1894
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Sixty-Seventh Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Royal Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1893
'Whitworth Wallis, Esq.'
Exhibited at The Thirty-Fourth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1899
'Hagar'
Exhibited at The Thirty-Fifth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1900
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Thirty-sixth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1901
'Study of an Old Man's Head'
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fifth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1901
'The Young Vulcan'
Exhibited at The Thirty-Seventh Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1902
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Seventy-Sixth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1902
'His Majesty the King'
Exhibited at The Thirty-Ninth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1904
'Miss EllalineTerriss'
Exhibited at The Seventy-Eighth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1904
'Panel from 'Festus''
Exhibited at The Fortieth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1905
'Mark Hambourg'
Exhibited at The Eightieth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1906-1907
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Seventy-Seventh Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1903
'Mrs Cyril Maude (Miss Winifred Emery) '
Exhibited at The Eighty-First Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1907-1908
'St Cecilia'
Exhibited at The Eighty-Second Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1908-1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Thirty-Fifth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1900
'Edward Walter, Esq.'
Exhibited at Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Modern Pictures, also Loan and Permanent Collection of Pictures, Etc. (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1891
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1897
'Age and the Angel of Death'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1899
'Spring'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1900
'Hagar'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1902
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1907
'Hagar'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1900
'Mother and Child'
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery, Special Inaugural Exhibition of Pictures by British and Foreign Artists, 1904
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Special Loan Collection of Selected Modern Pictures, 1914
'The Sere and Yellow Leaf'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
A Young Vulcan (cat. no. 1240, plaster, bronzed, £36 15s., or £136 10s. in bronze); A Little Student (cat. no. 1241, plaster, bronzed, sketch p. 114, £31 10s., or £136 10s. in bronze).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1885 - 1947
Exhibited 54 times, usually two or three works per year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the nineteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1889
1889
'Lilith' (cat. no. 1496, bronze, £136 10s.); The Rt Hon. W. E. Gladstone, MP (cat. no. 1550, executed from life, bronze, £80, marble, £130).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1890
1890
Major Walter Wingfield, Inventor of Lawn Tennis (cat. no. 1279, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
Herodius (cat. no. 1376, marble, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
Study of a Boy's Head (cat. no. 1183, £31 10s.); Fate-Led (cat. no. 1185, marble statue, illustrated on p. 118, £315); Age and the Angel of Death (cat. no. 1231, plaster, not for sale); 'In the Sere and yellow leaf' (cat. no. 1232, bronze, £42).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
The Goblet of Life (cat. no. 1287, illustrated p. 11, not for sale); Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Esq., MP (cat. no. 1296, in bronze £126, in marble £157 10s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
The Oracle (cat. no. 1255, marble, £126); Music (cat. no. 1284, £5 5s.); Miss Burnett (cat. no. 1318, marble relief, not for sale); Evening (cat. no. 1335, statuette, for sale in bronze £150, in marble £200); Evening (cat. no. 1335, statuette, illustrated on p. 124, for sale in bronze £150, in marble £200).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
Bien Aimée (cat. no. 1213, £30 10s.); Age and the Angel of Death (cat. no. 1235, low relief, illustrated on p. 123, £52 10s., also for sale in marble £210).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
Spring (cat. no. 1290, plaster statuette, illustrated on p. 115, £21, also for sale in bronze for £52 10s., and marble for £105); Invocation (cat. no. 1294, statuette, £10 10s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Small Model for Statue of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone (cat. no. 1393, not for sale); Professor Leschetzsky (cat. no. 1501, not for sale).
Exhibited at The Birmingham Art Circle. The Thirtieth Exhibition of Oil and Water-Colour Paintings, 1899
1899
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Hagar (cat. no. 1365, for sale in plaster £26 5s., marble £105, bronze £52 10s.); Miss Eva Mendlessohn (cat. no. 1415, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Exhibited at Exhibition of the Bristol Academy, Annual Spring Exhibition for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, The Fifty-Sixth, 1901
1901
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
Philip James Bailey, author of 'Festus' (cat. no. 1550, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
H. M. King Edward VII (cat. no. 1396, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at An exhibition of pastels and water-colours entitled 'In Sunny Places' by Fred Mayor and Sculpture by Albert Toft (Leicester Galleries), 1902
November 1902 - November
Exhibited at Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings of the British School 1878-1903, and Sculpture (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1903
September 1903
Toft exhibited three sculptures (all were undated).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II:
'Children of the Sculptor' (plaster), p. 25 (187); 'Mother and Child' (plaster), p. 25 (190); 'The Spirit of Contemplation' (bronze statue), p. 26 (202). All lent by the sculptor.
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1917 - 1922
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 2 times: 1917 (2 works) and 1922 (2 works)
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Exhibited at Exhibition of Bronze Statuettes by Albert Toft (Ruskin Galleries), 1925
5 October 1925 - 10 October 1925
Exhibited at Palace of Arts Empire Exhibition Scotland, 1938
1938
Speaker at The Ornamental Use of Cast-Iron (Art Workers Guild), 1914
Took part in Second Continental Expedition of the Guild (Art Workers Guild), 1894
Institutional and Business Connections
Apprenticed to Wedgwood (Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.)
1883
Listed as a modeller in the 'List of Hands on Works', 1883 (Wedgwood Archives). The artist was living/based in Etruria, Staffordshire. No end date for employment is given [summary].
See also 'Birmingham Sculptor', Birmingham Mail, 10 October, 1925, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 12, (1 December 1924-16 February 1926), pp. 125-126; this article notes that 'as a youth he [Toft] was apprenticed to the famous firm of Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, at Etruria, as a modeller for pottery'.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923
Honorary member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1943 - 1949
Died in 1949.
Member of Art Workers Guild
1891 - 1920 (Circa)
Joined in 1891, resigned in 1899. Rejoined 1904, committee member 1912-1914, resigned 1920, possibly rejoined at a later date.
Member of Chelsea Arts Club
1891
Founder member of the Chelsea Arts Club
Member of Birmingham Art Circle
1899 - October 1903
Listed in the 'Register of Members' 1879-2002) as having 'ceased to be a member under rule V' - probably failure to pay subscriptions fees (?). No end dates are given for period of membership. Last listed as a member in the exhibition catalogues in October 1903.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1904 - 1949
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors
1919 (Presumed) - 1929
Served as a member of the Council from 1919 to 1921, and from 1928 to 1929
Studied at Newcastle School of Art
See Haggar (1953), p. 31. See also 'Birmingham Sculptor', Birmingham Mail, 10 October, 1925, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 12, (1 December 1924-16 February 1926), pp. 125-126.
Studied at Hanley School of Art
See 'Special Loan Exhibition', Castle Gallery (1903), p. 74 [summary].
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1879 (Probable) - 1881 (Probable)
See 'Birmingham Sculptor', Birmingham Mail, 10 October, 1925, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 12, (1 December 1924-16 February 1926), pp. 125-126. The article notes that Toft gained 'a national scholarship from the Newcastle-under-Lyme School of Art, at the age of 17, which enabled him to study at the Royal College of Art at South Kensington for two years'.
Teacher of modeling at Camberwell School of Art
1898 - July 1908
Listed as a teacher of modelling. From 1903 onwards Toft is listed as a teacher of evening classes in modelling design, modelling and modelling from life. Toft is last listed in the 1907-1908 prospectus.
Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts
Despite nominations in 1906 and 1920.
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Charles Toft
Mother/father/parent of Albert Victor Vernon Toft Jnr.
Nominated by Edward John Gregory
9 January 1906
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Reginald Theodore Blomfield
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Francis Bernard Dicksee
27 February 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by William Goscombe John
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Frederick William Pomeroy
January 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Frank Short
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Henry Scott Tuke
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Julius Olsson
January 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by William Lionel Wyllie
1 March 1920 (Presumed)
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of F. Headly
15 May 1911
For membership of Royal Society of British Sculptors. Toft's letter of recommendation was considered inadequate by the Society to place Headly's name on the list of candidates and he was asked to give more information on the the sculptor's recent work [15 May 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Seconded by George James Frampton
9 January 1906
For RA; unsuccessful.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist Sculptor' working at home on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Potter's Modeller'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account
Sources
A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 30.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1894, p.6; 1896, p.25; 1898, p.26.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1904, p.30; 1912, p.27.
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
1914, p.10 and all lists of members' addresses until 1918.
Artists and Bohemians: 100 Years with the Chelsea Arts Club
1992
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Papers relating to the founding of the Society
1888 (Circa)
'National Exhibition of the Arts'. Listed as one of 20 sculptors invited to be part of selection and hanging committee.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth, 1900 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1900
Cat. No. 1446, p. 40
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth, 1894 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1894
pp. 49-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh, 1897 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1897
pp. 44-47.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1896
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third, 1893 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1893
pp. 42-45.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth, 1890 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1890
pp. 46-48.
Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See 'Birmingham Sculptor', Birmingham Mail, 10 October, 1925, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 12, (1 December 1924-16 February 1926), pp. 125-126.
Catalogue for the Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Catalogue of the Special Inaugural Exhibition of Pictures by British and Foreign Artists, 1904
1904
p. 127
Catalogue of the Special Loan Collection of Selected Modern Pictures, November 1914
November 1914
Cat. No. 87
Catalogue of the Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings of the British School, 1873-1903, and Sculpture, 1903
1903
p. 74 and p. 84.
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1897
1897
Cat. Nos. 848, 849, pp. 80, 110
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1899
1899
Cat. No. 259, pp. 30, 86
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1900
1900
Cat. Nos. 185, 186, pp. 26, 86
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1902
1902
Cat. Nos. 487, 490, pp. 46, 47, 72
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1907
1907
Cat. No. 724, pp. 57, 86
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 2726 folio 72 page 17
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 35 folio 155 page 53
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 490 folio 152 page 40
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
Reference RG14PN589 RG78PN21 RD7 SD4 ED12 SN62
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Albert Arthur Toft
Probate Date: 4 Mar 1950
Death Date: 18 Dec 1949
Death Place: London, England
Registry: London, England
Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd., The Leicester Galleries. An index of 1422 catalogues of exhibitions of European Modern Art and 20th Century British Art, held between 1902 and 1977
http://www.ernestbrownandphillips.ltd.uk (accessed 17 July 2019)
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October 1925
p. 1.
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Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II
p. 25, no. 187:' Children of the Sculptor. Plaster'.
p. 25, no. 190: 'Mother and Child'. Plaster.
p. 26, no. 202:'The Spirit of Contemplation'.Bronze Statue.
All lent by the Sculptor.
List of Hands on Works, 1883
1883
p. 3.
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2008
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2004
Mark Stocker, ‘Toft, Albert Arthur (1862–1949)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/38293, accessed 10 July 2009]
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Empire Exhibition
Scotland
1938
The Fine Art Section of the Empire Exhibition
1938
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
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1906
See entries for 1906.
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1927
p.164.
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1902
pp. 55-56.
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19 May 1913
10 January 1905; 15 May 1911.
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2002 (Presumed)
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'Albert Arthur Toft FRBS', 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_1202480185, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
