C. J. Allen

C. J. Allen was a British sculptor and medalist (1862–1956). He was born at Greenford.

Also recorded as C.J. Allen; C J Allen; CJ Allen; Charles John Allen; Charles J. Allen.

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Identity

What the record establishes about C. J. Allen.

C. J. Allen is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. C. J. Allen is recorded with the occupation sculptor. C. J. Allen is recorded with the occupation medalist. C. J. Allen is recorded as sculptor and medalist. Open Library catalogues 9 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

What C. J. Allen produced.

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. J. C. Allen is dated 1870 and held by Wellcome Collection. Open Library catalogues 9 works under this heading. Victoria Monument is dated 1906.

Context

The circumstances in which C. J. Allen stands.

Cottage building, or, Hints for improving the dwellings of working men and labourers / by C. Bruce Allen ; with a chapter on economic cottages for allotments by Edward Ellis Allen. is dated 1886 and held by Wellcome Collection. Tuberculosis among children / by J. Arthur Myers ; with chapters by C.A. Stewart, Paul W. Giessler ; an introduction by Allen K. Krause. is dated [1930] and held by Wellcome Collection. Extracorporeal circulation / compiled and edited by J. Garrott Allen, assisted by Francis D. Moore, Andrew G. Morrow, Henry Swan II. is dated [1958] and held by Wellcome Collection. Through a city archway : the story of Allen and Hanburys, 1715-1954 / by Desmond Chapman-Huston and Ernest C. Cripps. is dated [1954] and held by Wellcome Collection. Cottage building, or, Hints for improving the dwellings of the labouring classes / by C. Bruce Allen. is dated 1849-50 and held by Wellcome Collection. The kidney : medical and surgical diseases / by Arthur C. Allen. is dated 1951 and held by Wellcome Collection.

C. J. Allen is also recorded as C.J. Allen; C J Allen; CJ Allen; Charles John Allen; Charles J. Allen. What we know about cancer / edited by R.J.C. Harris. is dated [1970] and held by Wellcome Collection. John Heminges and Henry Condell Memorial is dated 1896. C. J. Allen is associated with New Sculpture.

Authority records

The identifiers under which C. J. Allen may be traced in institutional catalogues.

C. J. Allen is established in the international name authorities as Getty Union List of Artist Names 500011389, Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) 12988653X, Library of Congress no2005041423, ISNI 0000000116767781, IdRef 097652458, VIAF 77406264 and Wikidata Q5006135.

Catalogued works

16 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1870 to 1970.

Victoria Monument, dated 1906. John Heminges and Henry Condell Memorial, dated 1896. Eastham War Memorial. Captain Save a Hoe. A strange arrangement. Selfish. Inspiring Transformations. Violets. Still Selfish. The Development of the dairy industry in the Southern Region. J. C. Allen, dated 1870, held by Wellcome Collection. The kidney : medical and surgical diseases / by Arthur C. Allen., dated 1951, held by Wellcome Collection. Cottage building, or, Hints for improving the dwellings of working men and labourers / by C. Bruce Allen ; with a chapter on economic cottages for allotments by Edward Ellis Allen., dated 1886, held by Wellcome Collection. Through a city archway : the story of Allen and Hanburys, 1715-1954 / by Desmond Chapman-Huston and Ernest C. Cripps., dated [1954], held by Wellcome Collection. Tuberculosis among children / by J. Arthur Myers ; with chapters by C.A. Stewart, Paul W. Giessler ; an introduction by Allen K. Krause., dated [1930], held by Wellcome Collection. What we know about cancer / edited by R.J.C. Harris., dated [1970], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1954 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

C. J. Allen studied at Lambeth School of Art and City and Guilds of London Art School. the recorded working language is English.

The authority associates the name with New Sculpture.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Liverpool.

Chronology

  1. 1715Through a city archway : the story of Allen and Hanburys, 1715-1954 / by Desmond Chapman-Huston and Ernest C. Cripps. is dated [1954] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1849Cottage building, or, Hints for improving the dwellings of the labouring classes / by C. Bruce Allen. is dated 1849-50 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1862C. J. Allen born at Greenford.
  4. 1862C. J. Allen was born on 2 September 1862.
  5. 1862C. J. Allen was born on 1 January 1862.
  6. 1862C. J. Allen was born in 1862 at Greenford.
  7. 1870J. C. Allen is dated 1870 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  8. 1886Cottage building, or, Hints for improving the dwellings of working men and labourers / by C. Bruce Allen ; with a chapter on economic cottages for allotments by Edward Ellis Allen. is dated 1886 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  9. 1896John Heminges and Henry Condell Memorial is dated 1896.
  10. 1896John Heminges and Henry Condell Memorial.
  11. 1906Victoria Monument is dated 1906.
  12. 1906Victoria Monument.
  13. 1930Tuberculosis among children / by J. Arthur Myers ; with chapters by C.A. Stewart, Paul W. Giessler ; an introduction by Allen K. Krause. is dated [1930] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  14. 1951The kidney : medical and surgical diseases / by Arthur C. Allen. is dated 1951 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  15. 1954Wellcome Collection records 1954 objects associated with this heading.
  16. 1956C. J. Allen died.
  17. 1956C. J. Allen died in 1956.
  18. 1958Extracorporeal circulation / compiled and edited by J. Garrott Allen, assisted by Francis D. Moore, Andrew G. Morrow, Henry Swan II. is dated [1958] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  19. 1970What we know about cancer / edited by R.J.C. Harris. is dated [1970] and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Allen, Eugene Womack, Oxford Music Online, 2010

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Biller [née Allen], Olive Allen, Oxford Art Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Lewis, Allen or Arthur Allen, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Open Library author record for C. J. Allen (Internet Archive), 9 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  5. 5.

    OpenStreetMap gazetteer entry for Allen, Bennett County, South Dakota, United States

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1954 works naming C. J. Allen.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  7. 7.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5006135: C. J. Allen

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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