George Slater Barkentin
Born 12 March 1841
Died 7 June 1906
Active: 1859 - 1906
Country of birth: England
Country of death: United States
Sculptor, designer
Born in Bedale, Yorkshire as George Slater. He was the son of William Slater, an inn keeper. George's mother died the year after he was born followed, in 1844, by his father. So George and five older siblings went to live with their sister, Jane Henson (Slater) Barkentin (1808-84) and her husband, the silversmith and silver chaser, Jes (James) Barkentin (c.1815-83 born in Haderslev, Denmark). George was raised by his sister and brother-in-law and later took Barkentin as his name. His uncle entered a business partnership with the gold and silversmith, Carl Krall (1844-1923).
George Slater studied at the Royal Academy Schools between 1859-61 and was awarded at least three medals during this time. Around 1868 he travelled to the United States to report on the American Civil War for a London newspaper. He returned to the UK on a number of occasions but from this date settled in America and raised a family. Barkentin died in Canton, Ohio following an operation to amputate a leg.
This record contains information supplied by Pam Barkentin.
Works
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John Hinks, Esq.
1860 (Presumed)
Achilles and Lycaon
1860
James Horsfall, Esq.
1860 (Presumed)
David and Goliath
1860 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 3 St. Paul's Road St. Pancras London | View on map
1860 (Presumed)
Address 33 Berners Street London W | View on map
1863 (Circa)
Address 291 Regent Street London | View on map
1875 - 1876
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Attended Fifth Council Meeting of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, 1898
Presume the attendee was George Slater Barkentin, some uncertainty due to his change of name
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
'Elaine'
Exhibited at Exhibition of Modern Works of Art, at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Birmingham Society of Artists), 1860
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1875
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1861 - 1876
Exhibited 3 times, one or two works each year (1861 and 1863 as George Slater and in 1876 as George Barkentin).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the fifth (Free Public Library and Museum, Liverpool), 1875
1875
His Excellency R. C. Schenck, American Ambassador at St James' (cat. no. 1077, to be executed in marble, not for sale).
Institutional and Business Connections
Associated with Barkentin and Krall Ltd.
1880 (Circa) - 1930
George Slater Barkentin's uncle, the silversmith Jes Barkentin (c.1815-83, born in Denmark) went into partnership with Carl Krall. The start date of the partnership is unconfirmed and could have been as early as the 1860s. It is also uncertain whether another member of the Barkentin family worked with Krall after Jes's death in 1883.
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1859 (Presumed) - 1861 (Presumed)
Awarded a 'second silver medal' for 'models from the antique' on the 10 Decemeber 1959: see the Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1861), p. 29. Slater is also listed as the recipient of a gold medal for the best historical group in sculpture of a subject from Milton's 'Paradise Lost' in 1860: the Royal Academy 'Annual Report', (1862), p. 19. A certificate held by the Barkentin family states he was awarded another Gold Medal for a group entitled ''Remorse': Adam and Eve after the Fall' on 10 December 1861.
Personal and Professional Connections
Friends with Carl Cristof Krall
George Slater Barkentin was connected to Carl via his uncle, the silversmith Jes Barkentin (c.1815-83) who was the business partner of Krall
May be connected to G.S. Barkentil
1860 (Circa) - 1863 (Circa)
Barkentil could be a variant spelling of Barkentin
Sources
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1875
1875
Cat. Nos. 798, 802, 808, 821, pp. 74, 75, 76, 78
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
HO107 piece 1496 folio 304 page 60
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
Class: RG9; Piece: 119; Folio: 108; Page: 23; GSU roll: 542576
England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Jes Barkentin
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1814
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1883
Age at Death: 69
Registration district: Edmonton
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 123
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1875 Walker Art Gallery
1875
pp. 41-42.
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
2010
Name: Jes Barkentin
Age: Full Age
Spouse Name: Jane Henson Slater
Record Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 04 May 1841
Parish: St Mary at Lambeth
County: Surrey
Borough: Lambeth
Father Name: Niels Barkentin
Spouse Father Name: William Slater London Metropolitan Archives, Saint Mary At Lambeth, Register of marriages, P85/MRY1, Item 415
Minutes of Council Meetings of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
Citing this record
'George Slater Barkentin', 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_1251668258, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
