Henry Loveday Hopkins
Other names: Harry
Born 1885
Died 3 July 1951
Active: 1901 - 1950
Country of birth and death: England
Potter, teacher of pottery, pottery foreman
Born in Lambeth. He was the third generation of a family of potters and the son of Alfred Hopkins (born c.1865 in Lambeth), a potter and pottery foreman at the Doulton Factory. His brother was Alfred George Hopkins (born c.1886 in Lambeth), a plasterer for the pottery and then a studio potter and teacher. Henry Loveday worked as a potter's thrower and then as a pottery foreman between c.1901-11.
From about 1915 he and his brother Alfred George worked as 'Hopkins Brothers' from 208 Lambeth Road and in the 1920s from the Old Lambeth Pottery, 149 Lower Kennington Lane. Their work was collected (c.1926-9) by Sydney K. Greenslade, curator of the Arts and Crafts Museum at the University of Aberystwyth (there are thirty-two items in the collection, reference below). The Hopkins Brothers also modelled animals and figures and marketed materials for other potters. Alfred seems to have been the more successful artist and had one-person shows at the Fine Art Society (1927-8) and at the pottery in Lambeth (1929). Around 1932 Alfred set up the Stone Pottery in Broadstairs, Henry Loveday may have continued to collaborate in this new venture.
This record includes information supplied by Jeremy Morgan. There are further details of works by Hopkins Brothers on the website of the University of Aberystwyth Ceramic Collection and Archive, see http://www.ceramics-aberystwyth.com/hopkins.html (accessed 11 May 2011)
Locations
Address 110 Lambeth Road London | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 208 Lambeth Road London | View on map
1911 (Circa)
This was the first address for the Hopkins Brothers pottery
Address 149 Lower Kennington Lane Lambeth London | View on map
1926 (Circa) - 1932 (Circa)
This was the address for the Hopkins Brothers pottery in the 1920s
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher at Camberwell School of Art
September 1920 - June 1950
Listed as a teacher of evening classes in pottery with his brother, Alfred George Hopkins. From 1939-1940 onwards Henry taught day and evening classes in pottery.
Note that Hopkins is not listed between 1940-1941 and 1945-1946. He is listed again as teacher of Saturday day classes in pottery and modelling in 1946-1947, and of day classes during the week from 1947-1948 onwards.
Personal and Professional Connections
Brother/sibling of Alfred George Hopkins
Henry Loveday joined Alfred George Hopkins as teacher of evening classes in pottery at Camberwell School of Art from 1920-1921 onwards.
Partner to Alfred George Hopkins
1915 (Circa) - 1932 (Circa)
They established a studio pottery called Hopkins Brothers which was active until c.1929. In the 1930s Alfred George set up the Stone Pottery in Broadstairs, Kent Henry may also have been associated with this.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Potter (thrower)', his father Alfred Isaac (born c.1865), 'Potter (Foreman)' and his brother Alfred George (born c.1885), 'Plasterer', all workers
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
He and his father Alfred Isaac both 'Pottery Foreman' and his brother, Alfred George, 'Plasterer', all workers in a Pottery
Sources
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. Prospectus and Timetable, 1949-1950 Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts Prospectuses
1949
pp. 10-11.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 405 folio 10 page 12
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN1964 RG78PN69 RD25 SD1 ED22 SN141
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Henry L Hopkins
Death Registration Month/Year: 1951
Age at death (estimated): 65
Registration district: Surrey North Eastern
Inferred County: Surrey
Volume: 5g
Page: 430
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Henry Loveday Hopkins
Year of Registration: 1885
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
DISTRICT: Lambeth
COUNTY: Greater London, London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 375
London County Council Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, Peckham Road, S.E. Prospectus and Time-Table for the Session 1920-1921 Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts Prospectuses
1920
Unpaged time table.
Citing this record
'Henry Loveday Hopkins', 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_1253877795, accessed 02 Jul 2022]
