George Abbott
Born 18 July 1803
Died 21 June 1883
Active: 1829 - 1867
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, modeller
Born in London. Studied at the Royal Academy Schools. Died at 27 Lupus Street, Pimlico, London. A sculptor based nearby, John Adrian Raemaekers (or Raemackers), was one of his executors.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
'Letting the cat out of the bag'
1851
Alexander the Great Crossing the Granicus
1851
Bust of W. C. Shaw, Esq.
1863 (Circa)
Locations
Address 4 Percy Street Bedford Square London | View on map
1851
Also at 30 Percy Street, c.1857 - 58 (Graves, p.1)
Address 20 Newman Street Oxford Street London | View on map
1860 (Circa)
Address 23 Newman Street Oxford Street London | View on map
1862 (Circa) - 1866 (Circa)
Address 27 Lupus Street Pimlico London | View on map
1867 (Circa) - 1883
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1878
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Works of Living Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1863
'Bust of W. C. Shaw, Esq.'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1829 - 1867
Exhibited 20 times (9 times from 1851), 26 works in all (chiefly portraits but some ideal works as well)
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Institutional and Business Connections
Employed at Copeland (William Taylor Copeland)
1850 (Circa) - 1860 (Circa)
Modelled figures for production in Parian; see Atterbury and Batkin 'Dictionary of Minton' (1990), p. 247.
Employed at Minton and Company
1850 (Circa) - 1860 (Circa)
Modelled figures for production in Parian; see Atterbury and Batkin 'Dictionary of Minton' (1990), p. 247.
Personal and Professional Connections
Represented by John Adrian Raemaekers
1883
Raemaekers was one of Abbotts' executors (see Roscoe, 2009, p. 1)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed in Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
listed as 'modeller'
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 1-2
Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851
Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue
1851
p. 820 (3)
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p. 1298
Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p. 1803
The Dictionary of Minton
1990
p. 247.
Citing this record
'George Abbott', 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=msib7_1206453027, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
