Angelo Francesco Bezzi
Born 1811 (Circa)
Died 8 October 1867
Active: 1850 - 1867
Country of birth: Italy
Country of death: England
Sculptor
Born in Ravenna or Rome between 1806 and 1812 (the majority of sources suggest c.1811). In 1866 he married Katharine Lee Bezzi who was his sole executrix. Angelo died at his home in Chelsea.
Wealth at death: £450 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 24 November 1867
Locations
Address 18 Newman Street St Pancras London | View on map
1851 - 1853
Address 46 Brewer Street Golden Square London | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 3 Brunswick Road Finsbury London | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 27 Stanley Villas Chelsea London | View on map
1867
He died at this address
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Attended Great Exhibition Dinner for Foreign Sculptors (London), 1851
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1850 - 1853
Exhibited 3 times, four works in all (ideal works in 1850 and then portrait busts in 1851 and 1853)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
Class: HO107; Piece: 1484; Folio: 29; Page: 51; GSU roll: 87809
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
Class: RG9; Piece: 182; Folio: 10; Page: 19; GSU roll: 542587
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Angelo Bezzi
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1811
Year of Registration: 1867
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Age at Death: 56
District: Chelsea (1841-1981)
County: Greater London, London, Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 154
England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Angelo F Bezzi
Year of Registration: 1866
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: St James Westminster
County: Middlesex
Volume: 1a
Page: 683
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Angelo Francesco Bezzi
Probate Date: 25 Nov 1867
Death Date: 8 Oct 1867
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry
The Builder, Vol. IX, No. 432, 17 May 1851
17 May 1851
p. 312
Citing this record
'Angelo Francesco Bezzi', 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_1245858680, accessed 31 Mar 2023]