William Reynolds Pepper
Born 1830
Died 28 July 1919
Active: 1851 - 1901
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, painter, medallist
Born in Brighton, Sussex. He was a member of the Pepper family of wood carvers and sculptors who worked in the Brighton area. William Reynolds was the son of William Pepper (born c.1807 in Folkestone, Kent) and the nephew of Sampson Pepper (1816-1903) and Montague Pepper I (1821-1854), wood carvers. William Reynolds' brother, John Joseph (c.1839-1909) also became a sculptor, probably a monumental or architectural sculptor working from Brighton.
William Reynolds Pepper entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1852 and appears to have lived with his uncle, Montague. He made a memorial at the church of St. George, Brighton. By 1901 William was describing himself as a portrait and animal painter as well as a sculptor. He died in Plaistow, Essex.
Some of the dates and information about family relationships are taken from the Montague Pepper family tree published on ancestry.co.uk (http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/14011133/person/44240042 accessed 3 October 2010). There is some information about him at http://www.sussexparishchurches.org/content/view/325/40/ (accessed 3 October 2010)
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 34 Western Road Brighthelmstone Brighton | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Living at this address with his family, including William Pepper Snr, sculptor
Address Clarence Street Penzance | View on map
1851 (Circa)
Address 39 Castle Street East Oxford Street London | View on map
1852 (Circa)
Living at this address with his uncle, Montague Pepper, carver
Address 39 Western Road Brighthelmstone Brighton | View on map
1854 (Circa) - 1857 (Circa)
Living here with his father
Address King's Head Pound Hill Road East Grinstead | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 57 Wimpole Street London | View on map
1862 (Circa) - 1868 (Circa)
Address 14 North End East Grinstead | View on map
1891 (Circa)
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-
1851 - 1868
Exhibited 6 times, six works (portrait busts and a medallion). It is possible that the Portrait bust of an infant (marble, cat. no. 1278) exhibited in 1857, which Graves lists under William Pepper Jnr is in fact the work of his father.
Personal and Professional Connections
Cousin of Montague Pepper II
Daughter/son/child of William Pepper
Niece/nephew of Montague Pepper I
Niece/nephew of Sampson Pepper
Sister/sibling of John Joseph Pepper
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist (portrait & animal painter) sculp' working on own account at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
'Sculptor' also his father, William Pepper Snr (born c.1807), 'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Sculptor & Victualler'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist & Journalist'
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 970 (and pp. 969-70 for William Pepper Snr)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2004
HO107 piece 1646 folio 301 page 2
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
Class: RG9; Piece: 580; Folio: 21; Page: 4; GSU roll: 542665
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 788; Folio 74; Page 27; GSU roll: 6095898
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 1586; Folio: 60; Page: 45
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
2008
William Reynolds Pepper
Birth c1830
Christening 30 May 1830
Brighton, Sussex.
Parents, William Pepper and Mary Anne
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
1852
Citing this record
'William Reynolds Pepper', 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_1218451567, accessed 06 Feb 2023]
