15 Douro Place, Victoria Road, Kensington, London W, England

Studio or Residential

Address for Henry Ross
1858 - 1867
Ross rented part of the property at Douro Place, full duration of the arrangement yet to be confirmed (see also entry for 15A Douro Place).

Address for Joseph William Swynnerton
1896 (Presumed)

Address for Frederick William Pomeroy
1905 (Presumed) - 1910

Address for Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
1919 (Circa) - 1939 (Circa)
Also gave his address as 15a Douro Place

Location of studio for John Bell
1846 - 1895
Bell bought the land in Douro Place and built a house and three studios on the property. He lived and worked here for the remainder of his life

Sources

A Catalogue of the Pictures, Drawings, Prints and Sculptures at the Fifth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1905
p.54.

Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1901-1912
1904, p.7; 1909, p.24.

Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1913-1933
1924, p.25 and all annual membership lists as address for Blundstone until 1931.

Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1876
1876
p. 84

Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1877
1877
p. 88

Catalogue of the Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897
1897
p. 58

Catalogue of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers' Exhibition, Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, 1905
1905
p. 60

Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851 Official Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue
1851

John Bell: the Sculptor's Life and Works
1999
p. 61

Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860

Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts, Vol. I A-Car
1973
p. 160

Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1896.

Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.204.

Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.94.

Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, c.1939-c.1961
1961 (Circa)
p.17.

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 1: Abbayne to Carrington
1905
pp.174-5

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 6: Oakes to Rymsdyk
1906
p. 364