Sidney Herbert Physick
Born 1868 (Circa)
Died 1961
Active: 1889 - 1896
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in London. Studied at the South Kensington School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools where he was sponsored by his sister-in-law’s brother J. W. Waterhouse. Seems to have become a teacher and then professor of music and the organ post-1900. [See Census Returns of 1901 and 1911 RG13 piece 487 folio 10 page 11 and RG14PN2390 RG78PN79 RD26 SD6 ED21 SN257]
Works
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Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
'Figure on a Pedestal'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1890 - 1896
Exhibited 3 times, one work each year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Irene and her Attendants taking down the body of St Sebastian (cat. no. 1367, bronzed plaster, for sale in plaster £68 5s., in bronze £147).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Inspiration (cat. no. 1278, bronze, £60).
Won prize Landseer Scholarships (Royal Academy of Arts), 1884-1950
1891
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1889 (Presumed) - 1891 (Presumed)
Awarded a second prize silver medal for a model of a figure from the life, in 1889. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1889', (1890), p. 36. In 1891, Physick was awarded a Landseer Scholarship for sculpture. See 'Annual Report, 1891', (1892), p. 32.
Personal and Professional Connections
Assistant to Thomas Brock
Assistant to William Hamo Thornycroft
Physick modelled the clay effigy of Bishop Goodwin for Carlisle Cathedral
Daughter/son/child of Edward James Physick
Granddaughter/grandson/grandchild of Edward Gustavus Physick
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Student in art of sculpture'
Sources
Catalogue of the Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
1895
Cat. No. 639, pp. 54, 64
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 177 folio 18 page 25
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Ref: Class: RG12; Piece: 438; Folio 149; Page 4; GSU roll: 6095548
Citing this record
'Sidney Herbert Physick', 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_1223064682, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
