Details of Sculptor

Surname

Charlton

Alternative Surname

First Name

William, of Cambridge and King’s Lynn

Initial of Surname

C

Year of Birth/Baptism

Flourished

1760-62

Year of Death

Biographical Details

In the Ipswich Journal of 17 May 1760, he advertised that he had taken a wharf and shop near Lady Bridge at Lynn Regis [King’s Lynn] and that he could execute orders ‘both in the ancient and modern taste, viz statuary, monuments, chimney-pieces, sconces, chandeliers, girandoles, etc.’ Over two years later, on 27 December 1762, Charlton advertised in the Cambridge Chronicle. He described himself as a ‘Carver & Mason’ and gave his address as the ‘Stone-yard in Trumpington St, Cambridge.’ He added that he could perform ‘all sorts of statuary monuments, chimney pieces and other ornaments in stone or wood, all in the ancient or modern taste’ as well as supplying ‘Busts & figures in Plaster of Paris, the late stock of the Italian in Cambridge.’ His one known monument (1) is a large wall tablet in coloured marbles.
Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 97
Archival References: GPC