Thomas Sharp
Born 1805
Died 4 July 1882
Active: 1830 - 1881
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, modeller, wax modeller, chaser, silver designer
Born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. He entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1831 on the recommendation of Francis Chantrey. He died at 22 Coningham Road, Shepherd's Bush, London.
Wealth at death: £228 12s. 1d.
Probate date: 30 September 1882
Works
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Bust, in marble, of the daughter of Charles Reeves, Esq.
A Boy and a Lizard
1851
Locations
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
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
Citing this record
'Thomas Sharp', 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_1206636464, accessed 23 May 2022]