Archibald Gunn
Born 1819 (Circa)
Active: 1855 - 1900
Headmaster of art school
Born Dunrobin, Scotland
Institutional and Business Connections
Principal of Government School of Practical Art, Wolverhampton
1855 (Circa) - 1885 (Circa)
Jones notes that Chittenden 'retired in a short time from the head mastership of the school, and Mr. Archd. Gunn took the post'. See Jones, 'Historical Sketch', (1897), p. 156. Gunn is listed as Headmaster of the School in the 1883 'Annual Report'. It is likely that he remained acting head of the school when it became the Municipal School of Art in 1885.
Principal of Wolverhampton Municipal School of Art and Crafts
1885 (Circa) - 1900 (Circa)
Wheeler notes that Gunn began his Headmastership in 1885 and remained in office for fifteen years. See Wheeler, 'Wolverhampton College of Art' in The Birmingham Post (12 June, 1950).
Gunn is listed as Headmaster in the 'On Art Committee Report' (1887), p. 1.
Sources
'Wolverhampton College of Art', The Birmingham Post
12 June 1950
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 2230; Folio 4; Page 2; GSU roll: 6097340.
Historical Sketch of the Art and Literary Institutions of Wolverhampton, from the year 1794 to 1897, 1897
1897
p. 156.
On Art Committee Report, 1887
1887
p. 1.
The Fifteenth Annual Report of the School of Practical Art, November, 1883
30 November 1883
pp. 1-12.
Citing this record
'Archibald Gunn', 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_1242315444, accessed 25 Sep 2023]
