Henry Boak
Born 1867 (Circa)
Active: 1881 - 1895
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Wood carver
Born in Kirkaldy, Fife. Apprenticed as a cabinet maker, then worked as a wood carver. May have died before 1901.
Works
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Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Manchester Art Gallery, Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, 1895
Multiple works
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in 1881 Scotland Census
'Apprentice cabinet maker'
Occupation given in 1891 Scotland Census
'Wood carver'
Sources
1881 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Kirkcaldy; ED: 17; Page: 3; Line: 8; Roll cssct1881_122; Year: 1881
1891 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Kirkcaldy and Abbotshall; ED: 11; Page: 17; Line: 16; Roll CSSCT1891_135; Year: 1891
Catalogue of the Second Exhibition of Arts and Crafts, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. 348, 349, pp. 151, 254
Citing this record
'Henry Boak', 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_1227796408, accessed 30 Sep 2023]
