William Wright
Born 1844 (Circa)
Died 1902 (Presumed)
Active: 1881 - 1902
Country of birth and death: England
Teacher of modelling, designer, medallist
Born in Hanley, Staffordshire. He taught modelling at the Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street and the South London Technical School of Art in Kennington. Wright may have died in 1902, he had certainly passed away before 1911 because his wife was still living at 32 Salcott Road and was described as a widow.
Locations
Address 32 Salcott Road Wandsworth London | View on map
1891 (Circa) - 1902 (Circa)
Living at this address at the time of his death
Address 28 Salcott Road Wandsworth London | View on map
1893 (Circa) - 1895 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1893 - 1895
Exhibited twice, three works in all (Obverse of a medal of Cardinal Manning, cat. no. 1765, in 1893; and The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone M.P. medallion, cat. no. 1820 and H. W. Batley, Esq.,, medallion, cat. no. 1676 in 1895)
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher of modeling at South London Technical School of Art (also Lambeth School of Art and City and Guilds of London Art School)
October 1881 - 1895 (Circa)
The date Wright retired from teaching at South London Technical School of Art is not known, possibly in the mid-late 1890s. He received a pay increase in 1892.
Teacher of modeling at Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street
1888 (Presumed)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Art Teacher [overwritten 'Sculp'], Modeller Designer'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Designer & Modeller in Clay' worker
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 437; Folio: 62; Page: 29; GSU roll: 6095547
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 458 folio 123 page 32
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: William Wright
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1902
Age at Death: 58
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 312
South London Technical School of Art (City and Guilds of London Institute): Staff Book
p. 23
The Young Men's Christian Institute, Syllabus and Prospectus, 1888-1889 Regent Street Polytechnic
1888
p. 204.
Citing this record
'William Wright', 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_1252321846, accessed 02 Jun 2023]
