Robert Tucker Fallon
Born 1852
Died 1895
Active: 1880 - 1882
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Westminster. He was the brother of Richard P. Fallon (born c.1845 in Westminster) auctioneer and surveyor. In the late 1870s Robert probably entered into a brief partnership with Theodore Phyffers or one of his sons - Felix (1850-89) and Victor (1856-99) - further details are given in the organisational record for the business and the personal record for Theodore Phyffers. After this Fallon studied at the Royal Academy Schools.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1882
Exhibited 'Jacob Wrestling with the angel.'
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1882 (Presumed)
Fallon was awarded a second prize of £20 for a set of three models of a figure from life. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1882', (1883), p. 33.
Traded as Phyffers & Fallon
1879 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 670 folio 128 page 6
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Robert Tucker Fallon
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1852
Registration district: Westminster St Margaret
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 217
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Robert Tucker Fallon
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1852
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1895
Age at Death: 43
Registration district: Wandsworth
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1d
Page: 373
Post Office London Directory, 1879 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1879
p. 1795
Citing this record
'Robert Tucker Fallon', 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_1257264346, accessed 31 Oct 2020]
