George Collins
Born 1868
Active: 1881 - 1913
Country of birth and death: England
Plasterer, teacher of plaster and ornamental plaster work
Born in Camberwell, Surrey. He was the son of Henry Collins (born c.1834 in Southwark), a plasterer.
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher at Camberwell School of Art
September 1898 - July 1913
Listed as a teacher of plasterers' work. From 1900 onwards Collins is listed as teacher of plasterers' work and ornamental plastering. Last listed as a teacher in the 1912-1913 prospectus.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Plasterer's Boy' presumably to his father Henry Collins (born c.1834) 'Plasterer'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Plasterer' worker, also his brother Elijah (born c.1874), and his father Henry (born c.1834) 'Plasterer' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Plasterer' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Plasterer, & Instructor for LCC evening classes, Peckham Road' worker and his son Norman Showler Collins (born 1892) 'Plasterer & Improver'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 684; Folio: 9; Page: 12; GSU roll: 1341159
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 476; Folio: 45; Page: 34; GSU roll: 6095586
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 506; Folio: 92; Page: 16
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN2585 RG78PN87 RD27 SD6 ED15 SN116
2585
Citing this record
'George Collins', 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_1251804933, accessed 02 Jul 2022]