Eliab G. Earthrowl
Born 1878
Active: 1891 - 1948
Country of birth and death: England
Teacher, painter, engraver, sculptor
Born in Bermondsey, London. He was the son of Joseph Earthrowl (born c.1851 in Southwark), fish salesman and joiner. Eliab worked as an office boy from the age of about 13, afterwards studying to become an art teacher and artist. From around 1901 he worked as an art master probably in south London. Earthrowl exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1902-48, initially as a sculptor and then paintings and engravings.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Locations
Address 11 Old Park Avenue Balham London
1901 (Circa) - 1903
Address 9 Devonshire Road Stockwell London SW
1903 - 1906 (Circa)
Address 46 Princes Road Wimbledon London SW19
1911 (Circa) - 1948
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1904
'The Bud'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-First Autumn Exhibition, 1903
'The Bud'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1902 - 1948
Exhibited 13 times, thirteen works in all (groups and busts in 1902, 1903, 1905, 1906 then a break until 1920 and pictures thereafter)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Office Boy'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Master School' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art Teacher LCC' Education Depart[ment] worker
Sources
Catalogue of the Twenty-First Autumn Exhibition, 1903
1903
Cat. No. 282, pp. 46, 52
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1904
1904
Cat. No. 672, pp. 65, 92
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 377; Folio: 32; Page: 7; GSU roll: 6095487
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 460 folio 76 page 36
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Eliah George Earthrowl
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1878
Registration district: St
Inferred County: London, Surrey
Volume: 1d
Page: 255
London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925
2010
Name: Eliab George Earthrowl
Record Type: Baptism
Estimated Birth Date: abt 1881
Baptism Date: 9 Sep 1881
Father's Name: Joseph Kattie Earthrowl
Mother's Name: Lydia Earthrowl
Parish or Poor Law Union: South Bermondsey St Augustine
Borough: Southwark
Register Type: Parish Registers
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN3493 RG78PN130 RD40 SD1 ED31 SN310
Citing this record
'Eliab G. Earthrowl', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [https://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/mapping/public/view/person.php?id=msib5_1209422963, accessed 09 Oct 2026]
