Victor Emmanuel Boucneau
Born 24 May 1863
Died 15 November 1934
Active: 1888 - 1893
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in London. He was the son of Adolphe Joseph Boucneau (1820-86) who came from a family of stonecutters in Rance, Hainaut province, Belgium. His father established a successful firm of marble merchants in Warren Street and sometime before 1881, his older brother Adolphe Joseph Henry (1863-99) joined his father in the business. Victor became a sculptor and exhibited at the Royal Academy and Liverpool Autumn Exhibition. He moved to Devon before 1911 and was living on private means. Victor died in Devon in 1934.
There is a website for the Boucneau family: www.boucneau.be (accessed 24 November 2011).
Wealth at death: £6,723 8s. 2d.
Probate date: 10 January 1935
Locations
Address 48 Warren Street Fitzroy Square London | View on map
1864 - 1888 (Circa)
Address 71A Great Russell Street Bloomsbury London | View on map
1897
Address Wellington House 10 Grosvenor Road Paignton | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1934
Living at this address when he died
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1888
Exhibited once, 2 works.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
The Young Juggler (cat. no. 1179, statue in bronze, £75); Friends (Group) (cat. no. 1235, £50).
Personal and Professional Connections
Brother/sibling of Adolphe Joseph Henry Boucneau Junior
Daughter/son/child of Adolphe Joseph Boucneau Senior
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
None given
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Private Means'
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 210 folio 118 page 49
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN12794 RG78PN735 RD273 SD1 ED6 SN357
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Victor Emanuel Boucneau
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1863
Registration district: Pancras
Inferred County: London, Middlesex
Volume: 1b
Page: 51
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Victor Emmanuel Boucneau
Probate Date: 10 Jan 1935
Death Date: 15 Nov 1934
Death Place: Devon, England
Registry: London
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2010
Name: Victor Emanuel Beaucneau
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1863
Baptism Date: 19 Jul 1863
Father's Name: Adolphe Joseph Beaucneau
Mother's Name: Mary Ann Beaucneau
Parish or Poor Law Union: Holy Trinity Marylebone Road
Borough: Westminster
Register Type: Parish Registers
London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
2010
Name: Victor Emmanuel Bauveau
[Victor Emmanuel Boucneau]
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Spouse Name: Bridget Drury
Spouse Age: 30
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 16 Feb 1897
Parish: Southgate Christ Church
Borough: Enfield
Father Name: Adolph Joseph Bauveau
Spouse Father Name: George Drury
Register Type: Parish Register. London Metropolitan Archives, Christ Church, Southgate, Register of marriages, DRO/065, Item 009
Citing this record
'Victor Emmanuel Boucneau', 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_1253108812, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
