Alfred the Great (849–899) 1913
Robert Lindsey Clark (1864–1926)
Robert Lindsey Clark [also known as Robert Lindsey Clarke [1], and as Robert Lindsay Clark] was born in Worcester, Worcestershire, England in 1864. He served an apprenticeship with H. H. Martyn and Co Ltd., a firm of architectural decorators in Cheltenham and studied at the South London Technical School of Art from c.1886 to 1889. By 1900 he had returned to H.H. Martyn and in c.1905 was made the firm's head sculptor, a position he held until his death. He travelled extensively in Italy, sourcing marble for his employer. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in London; Royal Birmingham Society of Artists; Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; and at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1910, and an Associate of the Society in 1923.
Clark's occupation was given as Figure Carver in the 1881 England and Wales census; Sculptor in the 1891 census; Architectural Sculptor in the 1901 census; and Sculptor in the 1911 census.
His address was given as 6 Mount Terrace, St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset in 1871; 50 High Street, Worcester St Swithin, Worcestershire in 1881; 83 Overstone Road, Northampton in 1891; 8 Keynsham Terrace, Cheltenham in 1893 and 1895; 7 Christ Church Terrace, Cheltenham in 1901; and Beechwood Gloucester Road Cheltenham in 1911 and 1926. He died in Lockside Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland on 2 June 1926. His son, Philip Lindsey Clark (1889-1977) was also a sculptor.
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[1] His surname was given as Clarke in the 1871 and 1881 England and Wales census.
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