Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen
Born 1843
Died 22 November 1902
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Metallurgist, chemist, master of the royal mint
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Speaker at The pickling, colouring and lacquering of metals, including patina (Art Workers Guild), 1890
Speaker at The Use of Aluminium in the Arts (Art Workers Guild), 1895
Descriptions of Practice
Listed in 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 VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Forrer notes that the artist was acting Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, London, after the retirement of Sir Charles William Fremantle and until the appointment of Horace Alfred Damer Seymour. He was appointed Chemist and Assayer to the Royal Mint, London, in 1870. See vol. 8, (1930), p. 163.
Sources
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1890, p.6; 1895, p.6.
Citing this record
'Sir William Chandler Roberts-Austen', 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_1241620103, accessed 30 May 2023]
