William Graham
Born 1812 (Circa)
Died 1880 (Circa)
Active: 1845 - 1872
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in Calgarth, Cumberland. He was awarded an annual pension of £10 in 1868 by the RA Council, which was increased to £15 per annum in 1878. Graham may have died between January and March 1880.
Locations
Address 4 Howland Street St Pancras London | View on map
1847 (Circa) - 1851 (Circa)
Gave Howland Street (no number) as his address in 1854, Graves (1905-6).
Address 109 Stanhope Street Hampstead Road London | View on map
1853 (Circa)
Address George Street Eaton Square London | View on map
1856 (Circa)
Address Upper Baker Street London | View on map
1857 (Circa)
Address 50 Upper Albany Street London | View on map
1860 (Circa) - 1863 (Circa)
Address 165 Albany Street Marylebone London | View on map
1865 (Circa) - 1872 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
p.55
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1845 - 1872
Exhibited 16 times (12 times from 1851), 24 works in all (primarily portrait busts but also some medallions and ideal works)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VII, 1923 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a sculptor who exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, between 1845 and 1872. Forrer lists a portait medallion of M. Webster that was created in 1860. See vol. 7, (1923), p. 388.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 549
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
HO107 piece 1494 folio 349 page 47
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
RG09 piece 96 folio 72 page 44
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 202 folio 95 page 48
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: William Graham
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 63
District: Pancras (1837-1901)
County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 10
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855
p.55
Citing this record
'William Graham', 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_1240829991, accessed 05 Mar 2021]