Edward Alexander Olivieri
Born 1826 (Circa)
Died 1904
Active: 1851 - 1881
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Lambeth, London. He was the only son of Domenico Olivieri (born c.1791 presume in Italy) who was a sculptor and modeller working between c.1823-43 in London. Edward's practice focused on portraiture based on the works he exhibited at the Royal Academy in the 1850s-60s. He died in Horsham, Sussex.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Locations
Address 44 Wardour Street Soho London England | View on map
1851 (Circa) - 1854 (Circa)
His parents lived in Wardour Street in 1841 (house number not given in Census Returns) and his father is listed in the 1843 commercial directory of the Post Office Directory London at 18 Wardour Street, Soho (p. 313).
Address Lamb's Conduit Street London England | View on map
1864 (Circa)
Address 25 Gloucester Street London WC England | View on map
1866 (Circa)
Address 137 Ladbroke Grove Road Kensington London W England | View on map
1881 (Circa) - 1894 (Circa)
Address 277 Ladbroke Grove Road Kensington London W England | View on map
1895
Address 133 Lancaster Road London England | View on map
1896 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Address White Cottage Whitehall Road Harrow England | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1852 - 1866
Exhibited 6 times, 10 works, all portraits or portrait busts apart from 'David' (marble figure, cat. no. 1379)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor and Modeller'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
Sculptor (retired)
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
Edward's occupation is not given however his father Domenico (born c.1791, foreign) was a 'Sculptor & Modeller'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
HO107 piece 730 folio 3/60 page 5
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
Ref: Class: RG9; Piece: 58; Folio: 74; Page: 34; GSU roll: 542565
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 41; Folio: 107; Page: 46; GSU roll: 1341009
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Ref: Class: RG13; Piece: 1207; Folio: 103; Page: 1
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Edward Alexander Olivieri
Born: c1826
Death Registered: Jul-Aug-Sep 1904
Age: 78
Horsham, Sussex.
Vol. 2b Page 195.
London, England, Electoral Registers, 1835-1965
2010
Name: Edward Olivieri
Electoral Year: 1893
County or Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Parliamentary Division: Kensington North annually to 1901 - Name: Edward Olivieri
Electoral Year: 1901
County or Borough: Kensington and Chelsea
Parliamentary Division: Kensington North
Post Office London Directory, 1851 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1851
p. 1365
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.54
Citing this record
'Edward Alexander Olivieri', 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_1218130911, accessed 29 Sep 2023]
