Thomas Milnes
Born 21 December 1810 (Presumed)
Died 6 May 1888
Active: 1841 - 1871
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Tickhill, nr. Doncaster, Yorkshire. The birth date given here is taken from the headstone in Kensal Green Cemetery, and presumably records information supplied by the sculptor's widow. But there was a baptism on 26 January 1810 in Tickhill, Yorkshire of a Thomas Milnes born to a John and Mary Milnes. If this record relates to the sculptor then his birth date should be brought forward a year to December 1809.
Milnes entered the Royal Academy Schools on 21 April 1841 on the recommendation of Edward Hodges Baily. Milnes completed a number of funerary monuments and exhibited statues and busts at the Royal Academy. In 1858 he was invited to model four lions for the base of Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square. However the designs were considered unsuitable and returned to Milnes by the First Commissioner of Works. (See Roscoe, 2009)
The details of Milnes' birth and death have been submitted by his descendant Chris Bell.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Design for an intended monument to the memory of the late Lord George Bentinck
1851
Group of the gamekeeper returning from shooting
1851
Models of a horse and mare
1851
Model of a stag
1851
Model of greyhound and hare
1851
Model of bull
1851
Model of two sheep
1851
Locations
Address 3 Judd Place East Euston Square London | View on map
1845 (Circa) - 1857 (Circa)
Groves give the house number as 30, this is assumed to be incorrect as the consensus of other sources is number 3
Address 40 Euston Road London | View on map
1860 (Circa) - 1861 (Circa)
Address 4 Euston Square London | View on map
1866 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1842 - 1866
Exhibited 4 times in the period (1854-1866) and 7 times prior to this (1842-1850), showing between one and five works in any given year.
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1855
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1855 (1 work)
Personal and Professional Connections
Advised by Edward Hodges Baily
21 April 1841 (Presumed)
Milnes entered the Royal Academy Schools on the recommendation of Baily
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1803
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1365
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 834-5
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 1497; Folio: 578; Page: 28; GSU roll: 87830
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 4429; Folio: 27; Page: 7; GSU roll: 847119
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
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
Citing this record
'Thomas Milnes', 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_1206548550, accessed 29 May 2023]
