Edward Francis Toone (Frank) Theed
Born 1850
Active: 1873 - 1898
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Paddington, London. He was the son of the sculptor, William Theed (1804-1891). He may have moved to the Isle of Wight c.1901 [see Census Returns of 1901]
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Locations
Address 12A Henrietta Street Cavendish Square London | View on map
Graves gives his house number as '120', if 12a is correct then was sharing premises with his father William whose studio was at number 12
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Royal Institution, First Autumn Exhibition, 1883
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1873 - 1888
Exhibited 9 times, either one or three works per year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone (cat. no. 1401, marble bust, £157 10s.).
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1871
Awarded a silver medal for the best model from the antique, and for the best restoration of an antique torso in 1871. See Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1872), p. 17.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor'
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Catalogue of the First Autumn Exhibition, 1883
1883
Cat. Nos. 868, 878, 879, pp. 62, 63, 89
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 34; Folio: 41; Page: 19; GSU roll: 838759
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 1018 folio 77 page 9
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Births registered between April-June 1850; District: Kensington; County: London; Vol: 3; page: 368
Citing this record
'Edward Francis Toone (Frank) Theed', 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_1220900164, accessed 02 Jun 2023]
