John Somerscales
Born 1847 (Circa)
Active: 1891 - 1911
Country of birth and death: England
Painter, sculptor
Born in Hull, Yorkshire. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, taught drawing and was active until at least 1911.
Locations
Address 33 Albert Road Withington Manchester | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Boarding at this address with Richard Willis
Address 3 Leicester Street Hull | View on map
1893 - 1898
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
Design for Spandrels for a School of Art (cat. no. 1202, wax, £15).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1893 - 1898
Exhibited twice, two works in all (a design for the spandrels for a school of art, wax, cat. no. 1723, in 1893 and 'On the Flesk, near Kilarney' cat. no. 1216 in 1898)
Personal and Professional Connections
Shared rooms with Richard Henry Albert Willis
1891 (Circa)
Both boarding at the same address in Withington, Manchester
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist & Teacher' worker also at this address, Richard Willis 'Artist sculp.' neither employer nor employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist Painter'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 3163 folio 58 page 2
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN28713 RG78PN1650 RD521 SD8 ED2 SN158
Citing this record
'John Somerscales', 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_1279115793, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
