William Henry Tonks Jun.
Born 1871 (Circa)
Active: 1895
Country of birth and death: England
Brassfounder, sculptor, business owner
Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire. He was the grandson of William Tonks (born c.1797 in Little Aston, Staffordshire), and son of William Henry (born c.1829), both brass founders and owners (or part owners) of a large firm of brass founders in Birmingham. William Henry Junior joined the company before his father's death in 1899.
Works
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Portrait
1895 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 118 Gough Road Edgbaston Birmingham | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address The Rookery Sutton Coldfield | View on map
1895 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Thirtieth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Royal Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1895
'Portrait'
Personal and Professional Connections
Related to Henry Tonks
Henry and William Henry came from branches of a family that owned the firm William Tonks and Sons, brassfounders, in Birmingham.
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 3084 folio 23 page 40
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 2438 folio 95 page 24
Citing this record
'William Henry Tonks Jun.', 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_1202827768, accessed 02 Dec 2020]
