Frederick Thomas Callcott
Born 1853
Died 11 May 1923
Active: 1878 - 1923
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, teacher
Born in St. Clement Danes, London. His younger brother was the architect, Charles William Callcott (born 1864). In the spring of 1912 Frederick married the sculptor, Florence Newman. Callcott exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts (1878-1921), the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, the Royal Society of British Artists and at the Paris Salon (1898). In 1899 a his Memorial to the Surf Boat Disaster of 1897 was unveiled on Marine Terrace, Margate (cast by Elkington's). Between 1904 and his death in 1923, Callcott contributed a series of relief sculptures (copper reliefs on a background of coloured marble, some with mother-of pearl detail) to the Black Friar public house, on the corner of Queen Victoria and New Bridge Streets in the City of London (architect H. Fuller Clark). After Callcott's death the scheme was completed by Henry Poole. Another sculptural scheme on a public house is attributed to Callcott, these are two identical low relief plaster panels above the two entrances to The Jolly Garners at 49 Black Prince Road, Lambeth, London (architect Robert Alexander Lewcock (1846-1932).
The memorial at Margate has a Grade II listing and full details can be found at http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1391528 (accessed 21 February 2014).
Wealth at death: £367 7s. 9d.
Probate date: 14 June 1923
Works
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'Suffer little children to come unto me'
Sad News
1880 (Presumed)
Allant à l’école.
1894
Going to School
1901 (Presumed)
£75
Locations
Address 16 and 16A Great Queen Street Finsbury London WC England | View on map
1878 (Circa) - 1890 (Circa)
At no 16A, using other addresses as well between 1881-3
Address 243 Stanhope Street Regent's Park London England | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1883 (Circa)
Address 18 Rochester Road London England | View on map
1892 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Address 15 York Place Baker Street London England | View on map
1906 (Circa)
Address 5 Eaton Terrace St. John's Wood London England | View on map
1912
Address given in his marriage banns.
Address 17 Woodstock Road Golder's Green London England | View on map
1913 (Circa) - 1923
Studio located at Studio, 9 Langford Place Loudon Road London NW England | View on map
1908 (Circa)
Studio located at Studio, Woodstock Road Golder's Green London NW England | View on map
1913 (Circa)
Studio probably located at the family residence at 17 Woodstock Road
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1899
''Suffer little children to come unto me''
Exhibited at Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Autumn Exhibition, 1880
'Sad News'
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1881
'After School'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
'Blessing Little Children'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1878 - 1921
Exhibited 23 times, an average 1 work per year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1878
1878
Bashfulness (cat. no. 1044, terracotta, £21); Sisters (cat. no. 1048, £31 10s.).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the ninth (Liverpool), 1879
1879
The Baby (cat. no. 1336, terracotta, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the tenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1880
1880
Friar Tuck (cat. no. 1045, terracotta, £7 7s.); An Argument (cat. no. 1047, £8); A Cup of Tea (cat. no. 1062, terracotta statuette, £21).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the eleventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1881
1881
A Shout of Victory after the Race (cat. no. 1414, bronze, £200); The First Prize (cat. no. 1417, terracotta bust, £21).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the twelfth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1882
1882
A Mother's Love (cat. no. 1573, terracotta, £250; in marble, £500).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the thirteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1883
1883
A Mother's Love (cat. no. 1605, £50).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the fourteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1884
1884
Child's Head (cat. no. 2248, terracotta, £6 6s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the seventeenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1887
1887
Progress (cat. no. 1246, plaster, price in bronze listed as £60); Reading Pickwick (cat. no. 1275, £8 8s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the eighteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1888
1888
Sweet Thoughts (cat. no. 1371, marble, £40); Study of a Child's Head (cat. no. 1376, plaster, £10 10s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the nineteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1889
1889
Going to School (cat. no. 1503, bronze, £105).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1890
1890
Nancy (cat. no. 1290, plaster - not for sale, bronze - £25).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
Cupid (cat. no. 1262, relief in copper, £25); Dance (cat. no. 1274, marble relief, £25).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
Perdita (cat. no. 1340, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at Exposition Universelle des Beaux-Arts (Antwerp), 1894
1894
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Blessing Little Children (cat. no. 1315, original bronze, for sale in bronze £30, in plaster £15).
Exhibited at Exhibition of the Bristol Academy, Annual Spring Exhibition for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, The Fifty-Sixth, 1901
1901
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1911 - 1923
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Actually nominated and joined in 1911. Died in 1923.
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1879
Awarded a gold medal for a composition in sculpture, and a second silver medal for a model of a figure from the life, in 1879. See Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1880), p. 35.
Teacher of modeling at Polytechnic School of Art, Regent Street
1901 (Presumed) - July 1911 (Presumed)
Listed as 'F. Callcott'. No prospectuses are avaliable from 1889-1890 to 1900-1901. Callcott is listed as teacher of modelling in the 1901-1902 prospectus. Callcott is not listed in the 1912-1913 prospectus.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by Thomas Stirling Lee
15 May 1911
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [15 May 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Seconded by William Silver Frith
15 May 1911
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [15 May 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Wife/husband/spouse to Florence Newman
9 April 1912
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2370
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account at home (living with his parents)
Sources
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the eighteenth, 1888 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1888
pp. 54-56.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the seventeenth, 1887 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1887
pp. 74-76.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the twentieth, 1890 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1890
pp. 46-48.
Catalogue of the Autumn Exhibition (Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Leeds) 1880
1880
Cat. No. 541, p. 57
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1881
1881
Cat. Nos. 1477, 1484, pp. 114, 120
Catalogue of the First Spring Exhibition 1880
1880
Cat. No. 772, pp. 67, vi
Catalogue of the Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
1894
Cat. No. 617, 620, pp. 53, 54, 57
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 150 folio 57 page 6
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Frederick Thomas Callcott
Registration Year: 1853
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Strand
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 358
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Frederick Thomas Callcott
Probate Date: 14 Jun 1923
Death Date: 11 May 1923
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London, England
Exposition Universelle des Beaux-Arts
1894,
Catalogue Général Illustré
1894
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1879 Walker Art Gallery
1879
p. 81.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1880 Walker Art Gallery
1880
pp. 67-69.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1881 Walker Art Gallery
1881
pp. 81-82.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1882 Walker Art Gallery
1882
pp. 90-91.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1883 Walker Art Gallery
1883
pp. 93-94.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1884 Walker Art Gallery
1884
pp. 129-132.
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
2010
Name: Florence Newman
Age: 45
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Spouse Name: Frederick Thomas Callcott
Spouse Age: 57
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 09 Apr 1912
Parish: All Saints, St John's Wood
County: London
Borough: Westminster
Father Name: Charles Newman
Spouse Father Name: Frederick Herbert Callcott
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2370
Public Sculpture of South London Public Sculpture of Britain
2007
p. 37
Public Sculpture of the City of London Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
2003
pp. 311, 312-3, and 453
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
2 March 1905; 15 May 1911.
The Polytechnic Science, Art, Technical and Commercial Schools, London. Prospectus and Time Table, 1910-1911 Regent Street Polytechnic
1910
p. 22. Listed as 'F. Callcott'
The Polytechnic Technical and Continuation Schools. Prospectus and Timetable, 1901 Regent Street Polytechnic
1901
p. 11. Listed as 'F. Callcott'
Victorian Sculpture
1982
pp. 356-57 (includes an illustration of Callcott's memorial in Margate).
Citing this record
'Frederick Thomas Callcott', 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=msib5_1205788938, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
