John Cassidy - Sculptor - List of known works

This site celebrates the life and work of sculptor John Cassidy (1860 - 1939).

[S] = Statue life-size or larger, [M] = smaller figure, [B] = Bust, [W] = conceptual sculpture

This list is in no way complete. If you can add any entries, please contact us. Works inside buildings are visible to the public at certain times unless otherwise shown. PMSA links are to the detailed records of the Public Monument and Sculpture Association. Links under work titles are to features on our website.

[S] = Statue life-size or larger, [M] = smaller figure, [B] = Bust, [W] = conceptual sculpture. [R] = relief, plaque or tablet

Cassidy is known to have arranged for batch production, in bronze or ceramic, or some of his smaller works, such as The Weaver's Wife (pictured) which is signed 'John Cassidy fecit 1906.' A bronze version of this subject was on sale at the Manchester Art Gallery autumn exhibition, 1906, for £40. (The matchbox is included for scale.)

This little work is actually the seed from which grew this website.

Write to us at: charlie@johncassidy.org.uk

Website created and compiled by Charlie Hulme and Lis Nicholson, with the invaluable assistance of the John Cassidy Committee, Slane Historical Society.

List of Cassidy's known works

Last update November 2008: all additions welcome

Greater Manchester

City of Manchester

Adrift [W] (1908) - In storage - PMSA
Alcock and Brown Memorial [R] (1921) - inside Town Hall PMSA
Ben Brierley [S] (1898) - destroyed - PMSA
Charles Hallé [M] - Royal Northern College of Music, not open to public
Charles Hallé [B] - Bridgewater Hall, foyer
Charles Sutton [B] (192?) - inside Central Library - damaged, awaiting repair - PMSA
John Rylands [S] - John Rylands Library PMSA
Enriqueta Rylands [S] (1907) - John Rylands Library PMSA
Enriqueta Rylands [M] - John Rylands Library
Henry Clarence Whaite [B] - City Art Gallery (in non-public store)
Jubilee fountain ['dolphin' on top by J.C.] (1897) - Albert Square PMSA
King Edward VII [large S] - Whitworth Park (1913) PMSA
Richard Peacock memorial plaque [R] - Broadfield Church, Gorton
The Ship Canal Digger [M] - City Art Gallery (CIS Gallery)
Sir Daniel McCabe [R] - inside Town Hall PMSA
Theology inspiring Science and Art [W] (1899) - John Rylands Library - PMSA

Bolton

Benjamin Dobson [S] - outside Town Hall (1900) PMSA
James Dorrian [S] (1898) - Queen's Park Terrace PMSA

Bury

John Kay memorial [multi-part memorial: statues and plaques by JC] (1908) - Haymarket Street PMSA

Rochdale

Lancashire Dialect Writers' Memorial [plaques by JC]

Salford

Eccles War Memorial (1925) - Church Street PMSA
The Weaver's Wife [M] - in storage
Swinton Church Lych Gate [carvings by JC]

Stockport

Heaton Moor War Memorial (1921) PMSA

Trafford

James Joule [B] - Worthington Park, Sale (1905) PMSA

Elsewhere in England

Clayton-le-Moors (Lancashire) Mercer Park - War Memorial

Lower Peover (Cheshire) - War Memorial

Skipton (Yorkshire) - War Memorial

Stourbridge (West Midlands) - War Memorial (1923) [figures and panels by JC] - Mary Stevens Park PMSA

Bristol, Colston Avenue - Edward Colston [S] (1895)

Scotland

Aberdeen Duthie Park - Hygeia [S] (1897)

Wales

Colwyn Bay - War Memorial

Northern Ireland

Belfast: Queen Victoria [S] [in storage?] (not the one at the City Hall)

Works known to have been exhibited

John and Sebastian Cabot - New Gallery, London, 1896 along with H. Clarence Whaite (see above)

Annie Besant - British Empire Exhibition, 1925

Private Collections

If you have a work by Cassidy in your private collection, please let us know the details and subject (charlie@johncassidy.org.uk): we will not publish your name or location.