William Mossman Jnr
Born 1824
Died 1884
Active: 1851 - 1884
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Monumental sculptor, carver, teacher
Born in Edinburgh. He was the youngest son of William Mossman Senior (1793-1851), sculptor and marble cutter who was born in West Linton, Peebleshire and died in Glasgow. William Mossman Junior trained in the family firm and in the London studios of Marochetti, William Behnes and John Thomas, for whom he produced carving work on the Houses of Parliament. For a short period (1869-71) he taught at Glasgow School of Art. He died in Glasgow and was interred in Sighthill Cemetery.
Locations
Address 83 North Frederick Street Glasgow | View on map
1851 (Circa)
p. 515
Address 5 Staffs Park South Westminster London | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Listed as a visitor at this address
Address 2 Melville Street Edinburgh | View on map
1868 (Circa)
Address 36 George Street Edinburgh | View on map
1869 (Circa) - 1870 (Circa)
Address 124 West Campbell Street Glasgow | View on map
1870
p. 660
Listed under sculptors
Previous addresses included: Byres Road, Govan, Lanarkshire [1861 Scotland Census]
Ran a business at 67 Stirling Road and 35 Charles Street Aberdeen | View on map
1890
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1862 - 1884
Exhibited 13 times (an average of 4 works per show)
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1868 - 1916
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 5 times: 1868 (9 works), 1869 (10 works), 1870 (1 work), 1871 (4 works) and 1916 (1 work)
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher of modeling at The Glasgow School of Art
1869 - 1871
Traded as William Mossman & Co
1890
Listed under Monumental Sculptors
p. 1095
Personal and Professional Connections
Taught William Shirreffs
1871 - 1872
Trained James Shanks
1840 (Circa) - 1855 (Circa)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1870-1871
p. 432
Listed under Sculptors The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1850-1851
p. 515
Listed under Sculptors The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1890-1891 Sixty-Third Annual Publication
p. 1151
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in 1861 Scotland Census
as 'Sculptor'
Occupation given in 1881 Scotland Census
as 'Artist sculptor'
Sources
1861 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Govan; ED: 11B; Page: 57; Line: 2; Roll CSSCT1861_114; Year: 1861
1881 Scotland Census
2007
Glasgow St George; ED: 14; Page: 11; Line: 17; Roll cssct1881_232; Year: 1881
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
Class: HO107; Piece: 1480; Folio: 491; Page: 37; GSU roll: 87804-87805
Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1870-1871
25 May 1870
p. 432
Glasgow - City of Sculpture
1 January 2002
http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=mossman_w2# accessed 16 November 2009
Public Sculpture of Glasgow Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
2002
p. 493
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1850-1851
1850
p. 515
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1870-1871 Forty-Third Annual Publication
1870
p. 660
Listed under sculptors
The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1890-1891 Sixty-Third Annual Publication
1890
p. 1151
Citing this record
'William Mossman Jnr', 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=msib6_1214562599, accessed 05 Feb 2023]
