William Henry Prosser

Locations

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Address 39 Mallison Road Wandsworth London | View on map
1887 (Circa) - 1888 (Circa)

Address 31 Devonshire Street London | View on map
1889 (Circa)

Address 452 Fulham Road London | View on map
1890 (Circa) - 1892 (Circa)

Address 50 Broomwood Road Battersea London | View on map
1891 (Circa) - 1911 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1887 - 1899
Exhibited 6 times, nine works in all (all portrait heads or busts apart from a statuette of 'A blue-coat boy, Christ's hospital school', cat. no. 2083, exhibited in 1890)

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
Boy's Head (cat. no. 1244, plaster, bronzed, £15); A Bluecoat Boy (cat. no. 1273, plaster, bronzed, £15 15s.).

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Miss Redhead (cat. no. 1378, plaster bust, not for sale).

Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1888

Institutional and Business Connections

Student at South London Technical School of Art (also Lambeth School of Art and City and Guilds of London Art School)
1882 (Circa)
Enrolled in modelling class for at least two sessions

Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1887 (Presumed) - 1888 (Presumed)
In 1887, Prosser won a £10 prize for a model of a statue of group. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1887', (1888), p. 32. Prosser was also awarded a Landseer Scholarship for sculpture in 1888. See 'Annual Report, 1888', (1889), p. 30.

Descriptions of Practice

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist Sculptor'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist, Sculptor & Painter' working on own account

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art Master under London C[ounty] Council'

Sources

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1887, 1888 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1888
p. 32.

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1888, 1889 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1889
p. 30.

Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first, 1891 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1891
pp. 48-9

Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 711; Folio: 8; Page: 10; GSU roll: 823345

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 437; Folio 31; Page 5; GSU roll: 6095547

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 459; Folio: 60; Page: 14

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN2241 RG78PN76 RD26 SD3 ED21 SN105

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: William H Prosser Estimated birth year: abt 1865 Year of Registration: 1911 Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun Age at Death: 46 District: Wandsworth County: Greater London, London, Surrey Volume: 1d Page: 240

South London Technical School of Art (City and Guilds of London Institute): Student Enrolments, 1880-2

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 6: Oakes to Rymsdyk
1906
pp. 211-2