Details of Sculptor

Surname

Carr

Alternative Surname

First Name

Joseph, of London

Initial of Surname

C

Year of Birth/Baptism

Flourished

Year of Death

1768

Biographical Details

In 1754-58 he built part of the Horse Guards in Whitehall, where he provided a marble frieze (3). He was responsible for two monuments in widely disparate areas, which suggests an extensive business in memorials. These were the polychrome architectural wall monument to Francis Fawkes (1) and the ledger with a coat of arms to Charles Monson (2). In 1753 he took an apprentice, John Hincks.
Carr was made bankrupt in 1768 and on 13 September a sale of his stock-in-trade was held at his yard at Mill Bank, Westminster. Among the lots were a number of marble chimneypieces. A note on the sale catalogue reads: ‘The business will be continued as usual by Joseph Carr, Junior, who begs the favour of his father's friends and customers’ (Carr Sale 1768).
One of his contemporaries was William Carr, son of Edward Carr, ‘citizen of London and barber-surgeon,’ who was apprenticed to Henry Daintry in 1741 and became free in 1748 (Gunnis 1968, 84).
Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 84; Webb 1999, 17
Auction Catalogues: Carr 1768