James Castle
Born 1830 (Circa)
Active: 1851
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, architect, journalist
Born Toddington, Gloucestershire. He was the son of Robert Castle (born c.1797 in Woodstock, Gloucestershire), a successful builder and architectural sculptor who operated a business from the Cowley Road and was employing seventeen men in 1851. James went on to become an architect and journalist living in Manchester and then Paddington, London.
Works
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1851
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor' also his father Robert Castle 'Builder & Architectural Sculptor (Employing 17 Men)'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
HO107 piece 1727 folio 322 page 30
Citing this record
'James Castle', 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_1206629294, accessed 06 Dec 2021]
