William Henry Prosser
Born 1865 (Circa)
Died 1911 (Presumed)
Active: 1881 - 1911
Country of birth and death: Wales
Sculptor, painter, art teacher
Born in Llangernien, Denbighshire. He was the son of William Prosser (born c.1826 in Abergavenny), architect and clerk of works. He may have died in Wandsworth in 1911.
Locations
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
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
Citing this record
'William Henry Prosser', 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_1258380997, accessed 02 Apr 2023]