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Edwin Roscoe Mullins
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Birth
Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England
Death
9 Jan 1907 (aged 58)
Walberswick, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, England
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Nunhead, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England Add to Map
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Sculptor. He studied at the Lambeth School of Art and at the Royal Academy, at the same time working as an assistant to Birnie Philip. He also studied in Munich under Wagmuller, before exhibiting his first piece at the Royal Academy on returning to London in 1874. He also exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery. He was best known for architectural sculpture, portrait busts and figure groups representing childhood or innocence. He produced many sculptures for public spaces, including the pediment of the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, decorative reliefs for the town hall in Croydon, Surrey, figures for the City Art Gallery, Glasgow, and Dorchester's statue of the poet William Barnes. In later life he taught at architectural modelling at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. In 1882 his monument to General Barrow was erected in Lucknow, India. He was the author of "A Primer of Sculpture" (1890), and his biblical work "Cain, Or My Punishment is Greater Than I Can Bear" can be seen at the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery.

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Sculptor. He studied at the Lambeth School of Art and at the Royal Academy, at the same time working as an assistant to Birnie Philip. He also studied in Munich under Wagmuller, before exhibiting his first piece at the Royal Academy on returning to London in 1874. He also exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery. He was best known for architectural sculpture, portrait busts and figure groups representing childhood or innocence. He produced many sculptures for public spaces, including the pediment of the Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, decorative reliefs for the town hall in Croydon, Surrey, figures for the City Art Gallery, Glasgow, and Dorchester's statue of the poet William Barnes. In later life he taught at architectural modelling at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. In 1882 his monument to General Barrow was erected in Lucknow, India. He was the author of "A Primer of Sculpture" (1890), and his biblical work "Cain, Or My Punishment is Greater Than I Can Bear" can be seen at the Glasgow Museum and Art Gallery.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33792385/edwin_roscoe-mullins: accessed ), memorial page for Edwin Roscoe Mullins (22 Aug 1848–9 Jan 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33792385, citing Nunhead Cemetery, Nunhead, London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England; Maintained by Find a Grave.