Thomas Sharp

Works

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Bust, in marble, of the daughter of Charles Reeves, Esq.

Posthumous bust, in marble, of J. Durance George, Esq., Professor of Dental Surgery at the London University

A Boy and a Lizard
1851

Christ's charge to Peter
1851

Locations

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Address 27 Burton Crescent St Pancras London | View on map
1848 (Circa) - 1852 (Circa)

Address 50 Connaught Terrace Paddington London | View on map
1861 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)

Address 101 Edgware Road London | View on map
1870 (Circa) - 1871 (Circa)

Address 22 Coningham Road Shepherd's Bush London | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1882
Residential address, living here at the time of his death

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1830 - 1869
Exhibited 24 times (12 times post-1851), one or two works after 1851 (except in 1854 when showed four), a mixture of ideal works and portraits.

Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851

Personal and Professional Connections

Assisted John Bell
1854 (Circa) - 1860 (Circa)
On the Wellington Monument (1854-7) and Guards Memorial (1860)

May be connected to T. Sharp
Presume the same artist, however two of the works exhibited by T. Sharp at the 1862 International Exhibition ('The First Mirror' and 'Dancing Girl') are not listed under Thomas Sharp in Roscoe (2009) and Graves (1905-6)

Supported by Francis Legatt Chantrey
1831 (Presumed)
Sharp 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
p. 1365

Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1803

Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1870 Post Office/Kelly London Directories

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'sculptor employing 2 men'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
'Sculptor'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculp.r, Model.r & Chaser'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Formerly (?) (Sculptor)'

Sources

A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 1117-9

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
HO107 piece 1494 folio 833 page 41

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
Class: RG9; Piece: 8; Folio: 77; Page: 3; GSU roll: 542555

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 21; Folio: 70; Page: 36; GSU roll: 838754

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 61; Folio: 105; Page: 52; GSU roll: 1341013

England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Thomas Sharp Born c1805 Death Registered Jul-Aug-Sep 1882 Age: 77 Fulham, Middx. Vol. 1a Page 112

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Thomas Sharp Probate Date: 30 Sep 1882 Death Date: 4 Jul 1882 Death Place: Middlesex, England Registry: Principal Registry

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851 Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue
1851

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

Post Office London Directory, 1870 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1870
p. 1748

The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 7: Sacco to Tofano
1906
pp. 88-89