Edward M. Richardson
Born 1812
Died 17 May 1869
Active: 1829 - 1866
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, modeller, medallist, archaeologist
Born in London. Richardson entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1832 on the recommendation of Sir Francis Chantrey. His practice centred on funerary monuments and he executed a number of military memorials. Richardson was an active member of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. He published a number of papers on archaeological subjects and presented papers on English medieval alabaster sculpture to the Archaeological Institute. He died in Brighton.
Wealth at death: £4,000 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 14 June 1869
Works
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Monument to the Officers and Men of the 2nd Batallion Military Train, Bristol Cathedral
Monument to Colonel Charles Chester, Adjutant-General of the Bengal Army, Winchester Cathedral
Medallic portrait of a gentleman
William Marshall, Earl of Pembroke in the reign of Henry the Third
1851
John Gower reciting his poems to Richard the Second
1851
Horse in Full Action
1851
Youthful athlete
1851
Relief, in marble, of a light cavalry officer, forming part of a public testimonial to the late Brigadier Malcolm McNeill, of the Madras Army
1855 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 7 Melbury Terrace Dorset Square London England | View on map
1847 (Circa) - 1866 (Circa)
House number given as 7 in 1851 Census Returns and 1852 Royal Academy exhibition catalogues and 17 by Graves (1906 p. 285)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
p.52
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1829 - 1866
Exhibited 21 times (13 times prior to 1851), usually one or two works, except in 1855 when showed four.
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Personal and Professional Connections
Supported by Francis Legatt Chantrey
1832 (Presumed)
Richardson entered the Royal Academy Schools on the recommendation of Chantrey
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
'Sculptor'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 1034-6
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
HO107 piece 1055 folio 11/33 page 28
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1490 folio 601 page 32
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Edward Richardson
Estimated birth year: abt 1812
Year of Registration: 1869
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death: 57
District: Brighton
County: Sussex, East Sussex
Volume: 2b
Page: 132
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Edward Richardson
Probate Date: 14 Jun 1869
Death Date: 17 May 1869
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: Principal Registry
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Campbell Dodgson, ‘Richardson, Edward M. (1812–1869)’, rev. Jason Edwards, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23551, accessed 17 Oct 2010]
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p. 1365
Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p. 1803
The Builder, Vol. 17, 3 September 1859
3 September 1859
p. 590
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855
p.52
Citing this record
'Edward M. Richardson', 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_1206542105, accessed 27 Sep 2023]
