James Scurry
Born 1829
Died 1894
Active: 1850 - 1852
Country of birth: England
Country of death: Australia
Sculptor, medallist
James Scurry (1826-1894) was one of six children of William Scurry (1803-1880) of London. James Scurry and his brothers moved to Melbourne in 1853, where they established successful practices. James exhibited in Australia and London. In later years James established a partnership with his nephew, the sculptor and architectural modeller William Charles Scurry senior who was born in Rushworth, Victoria on 13 January 1862 and died on 18 July 1930 in Surrey Hills. The partnership lasted thirteen years after which William worked with Wardrop as Wardrop & Scurry. A third generation of the family was also involved in sculpture - William Charles Scurry junior (1895-1963), son of William Charles Scurry senior - was a soldier and architectural modeller who served in both the First and Second World Wars.
This record includes information submitted by Patricia Davies (née Scurry) and from Merrilyn Lincoln, 'Scurry, William Charles (1895 - 1963)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, Melbourne University Press, 1988, pp. 557-558.
Works
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Posthumous bust of William B. Essex, son of W. Essex, Esq., enamel painter to Her Majesty
Portrait bust of Master George Rodger
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-
1850 - 1853
Exhibited three times, between one and five works each year.
Citing this record
'James Scurry', 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_1218131070, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
