Thomas Henry Rothwell
Born 1844 (Circa)
Active: 1871 - 1911
Country of birth and death: England
Artist, wood carver, art metal worker, designer
Born in Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. He may have been the son of James Rothwell, cotton carder (born c.1807, probably in Bolton) living in Bolton-le-Moors in 1851. Thomas embarked on a career as a landscape painter and then became a wood carver and art metal worker.
Works
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Designed Panel
Made Two Panels
Made Panel
Made Jardinière
Carved Oval Mirror Frame
Exhibited Frame
1891 (Circa)
Designed Two Panels
Designed Mirror Frame
1891 (Circa)
Designed Panel
Locations
Address Albert Square Cavendish Road Altrincham England | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 9 Dacres Road Forest Hill London SE England | View on map
1895 (Circa)
Address Ashgrove Valley Road Llanfairfechan Bangor Wales | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery, Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, 1895
Multiple works
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Cuffley
1891 (Circa)
Collaborated with Gillibrand
1891 (Circa)
Collaborated with Edgar Wood
1891 (Presumed)
Collaborated with Storey
1891 (Presumed)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist Wood Carver' neither employer nor employed
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Artist Landscape Painter'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Metal Worker, Silver Repoussé' working on own account at home
Sources
Catalogue of the First Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1891
1891
Cat. Nos. 566, 567, 568, 570, 571, 871, 872, 877, 879, 881, 882, pp. 68, 107, 108, 127
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, pp. 165, 258
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 2210; Folio: 417; Page: 8; GSU roll: 87220
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 2093 folio 8 page 7
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
RG12 piece 2824 folio 93 page 53
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN34506 RG78PN1995 RD631 SD3 ED3 SN109
Citing this record
'Thomas Henry Rothwell', 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_1222802581, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
