Richard Tombs
Born 25 August 1871
Died 1933
Active: 1891 - 1925
Country of birth and death: England
Plaster moulder, teacher of casting
Born in Chelsea. He was the son of Richard Tombs (born c.1839) working as a mangler (washing) in 1881. By 1891 Richard was working as a plaster moulder, very possibly for Enrico Cantoni who had established a successful business in the Tombs' former home at 43 Glebe Place, a few doors away from where they were now living. In 1901 or 1902, Richard moved with his wife and children to Birmingham to teach casting at the art school. He remained in post until the mid-1920s.
Locations
Address 43 Glebe Place Chelsea London SW | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 51 Glebe Place Chelsea London SW | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 44 Lots Road Chelsea London SW | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 91 Yew Tree Lane South Yardley Birmingham | View on map
1911
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Organized Classes for Modellers, Carvers, Letter Cutters, Plaster Workers and Others (Birmingham School of Art), 1921-1932
1921 - 1922
Teacher of Casting
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher of modeling at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
September 1902 - 1925
Teacher of Modelling and Modelled Design, specialising in the teaching of Casting.
Tombs was not listed on the teaching staff in the 1918-19 and 1919-20 programmes.
Listed in the staff book (c.1900-1921) as recieving £115 per year and teaching 16 hours per week (no dates given).
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Moulder' worker [it is possible he was working for Enrico Cantoni who was living and working a few doors away at no. 43 Glebe Place which was also the former family home of Richard Tombs.]
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Plaster Moulder' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art Teacher' working for the Corporation of Bhm. [Birmingham]
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 76; Folio: 112; Page: 17; GSU roll: 1341017
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 64; Folio: 74; Page: 10; GSU Roll: 6095174
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 80; Folio: 7; Page: 5
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN18653 RG78PN1115 RD392 SD1 ED15 SN93
City of Birmingham Education Committee School of Art Staff Book
1921 (Circa)
p. 112.
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Richard Tombs
Birth Date: abt 1872
Date of Registration: Sep 1933
Age at Death: 61
Registration district: Birmingham
Inferred County: Warwickshire
Volume: 6d
Page: 360
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Richard Tombs
Registration Year: 1871
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Chelsea
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 233
Staff Book
1908 (Circa)
Citing this record
'Richard Tombs', 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_1206027672, accessed 29 Jan 2023]
