Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon
Born 1836 (Circa)
Died 1913 (Probable)
Active: 1870 - 1904
Country of birth and death: France
Modeller, artist
Born in Montalbon, France.
Locations
Address 1 The Villas Stoke-on-Trent | View on map
1870 (Circa) - 1913 (Probable)
See Stuart 'People of the Potteries' (1985), p. 196.
Institutional and Business Connections
Employed at Minton and Company
1870 (Circa) - 1904 (Circa)
See Stuart 'People of the Potteries' (1985), p. 196.
Personal and Professional Connections
Mother/father/parent of Léon Albert Vincent Solon
Father (L. M. E. Solon) and son (L. V. Solon).
Related to (Joseph) Léon F. Arnoux
Louis was married to Léon's daughter Laure, born in France c.1845
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
£800
'Artist at Minton's', salary from 'Minton's Salaries Book' 1882 [see Elliott, 'Potters', 2004 p. 30, fn. 15 who also gives Solon's salary figure for 1868 - £400]
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 2728 folio 34 page 1
People and the Potteries. A Dictionary of Local Biography Volume 1
1985
p. 196.
Citing this record
'Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon', 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_1233245844, accessed 29 May 2023]
