Details of Sculptor

Surname

Clint

Alternative Surname

First Name

Scipio

Initial of Surname

C

Year of Birth/Baptism

1805

Flourished

Year of Death

1839

Biographical Details

The second son of George Clint, ARA, he worked chiefly as a medallist and gem-engraver but also carved several busts. In 1825, when living at 5 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, he first exhibited at the Royal Academy, showing an impression from a steel seal after a bust of Thomas Lawrence by E H Baily. He produced other medallic portraits of great men of the age after busts by William Behnes, Samuel Joseph and John Gibson. He was appointed medallist to King William IV in 1831 and seal-engraver to Queen Victoria in 1838. At this time Clint lived at 19 Dean Street. In the 1830s he modelled and exhibited numerous busts, some of marble. Clint also acted as secretary to a Roman Catholic Society established to forward a Government plan of education. He died suddenly on 8 August 1839 in his home in 48 Greek Street, Soho, leaving four children. He had married Ann Randall Anderson at St Clement Danes on 20 August 1828. The Art Union described him as ‘largely esteemed as an able artist’ (AU 1839, 122). Clint had providently joined the Artists’ Annuity Fund at the age of 22. His widow and 4 children were given financial aid from 12 December 1839, receiving £20 annually and £5 for each child from the orphans’ fund.
Literary References: AU 1839, 122; Graves II, 1905-6, 86; Gunnis 1968, 105; Morris and Roberts 1998, 144
Archival References: AAF, CM, 23667/1, 84; 23667/4, pp 89, 98; AAF Proposals, 137; AAF, MGM