Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue
John Loughborough Pearson (1817-1897), Architect
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Architect; born 5 July 1817, in Brussels. Raised in Durham where articled to Ignatius Bonomi, then worked for Philip Hardwicke in London; one of the ‘Great Goths’ of Victorian church design, his major commissions include Holy Trinity Westminster (1848), St Peter’s Vauxhall (1864), St Augustine’s Kilburn (1871), Truro Cathedral (from 1880), Middlesex Hospital chapel (1890) and Brisbane Cathedral, Australia (from 1887); elected ARA 1874, RA 1880; member Society of Antiquaries and RIBA from 1860; died London 11 December 1897 and buried in Westminster Abbey where he had been surveyor.
Described as short and stocky, he was regarded with affection by colleagues, but also displayed stubborn views. [1] He had few interests outside architecture [2] and seems to have shunned personal publicity and portraiture. When awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1880, he was said to have ‘never, even in these pushing, enterprising days … loosened, even for a moment, the old-fashioned bond of modesty and merit’. [3]
Dr Jan Marsh
Described as short and stocky, he was regarded with affection by colleagues, but also displayed stubborn views. [1] He had few interests outside architecture [2] and seems to have shunned personal publicity and portraiture. When awarded the RIBA Gold Medal in 1880, he was said to have ‘never, even in these pushing, enterprising days … loosened, even for a moment, the old-fashioned bond of modesty and merit’. [3]
Dr Jan Marsh
Footnotesback to top
1) Quiney 1979, pp.10–12.
2) Waterhouse 2004.
3) John Whichcord, PRIBA, quoted Quiney 1979, p.1.
Referencesback to top
Gould 2004Gould, V.F., G.F. Watts: The Last Great Victorian, London, 2004.
McMaster 2008
McMaster, J., ‘That Mighty Art of Black-and-White: Linley Sambourne, Punch and the Royal Academy’, British Art Journal, Autumn 2008, pp.62–76.
McMaster 2009
McMaster, J., That Mighty Art of Black-and-White: Linley Sambourne, Punch and the Royal Academy, Edmonton, Canada, 2009.
Marriott 2004
Marriott, C., ‘Ouless, Walter William (1848–1933)’, rev. Mark Pottle, ODNB, Oxford, 2004.
Ormond 2010
Ormond, L., Linley Sambourne: Illustrator and Punch Cartoonist, London, 2010.
Quiney 1979
Quiney, A., John Loughborough Pearson, New Haven and London, 1979.
Robinson [1892]
Robinson, R.W., Members and Associates of the Royal Academy of Arts, 1891. Photographed in their Studios by Ralph W. Robinson of Redhill, n.p., [1892].
Waterhouse 2004
Waterhouse, P., ‘Pearson, John Loughborough (1817–1897)’, rev. A. Quiney, ODNB, Oxford, 2004; online ed., Jan. 2010.