Royal Society of British Sculptors
Other names: (Incorporated) Society of British Sculptors (1904-11), Royal British Society of Sculptors (2003)
Foundation date: 1904
Function: Art society
Policy: 'Established in 1904 for the promotion in the British Empire of the Art of Sculpture, the protection of the interests of Sculptors, and the elevation of their profession. Membership restricted to British subjects except as regards Honorary Members. The personal liability of members is limited by the Articles of Association.' ['The Year's Art', 1906, p. 111, see also History and Description below]
Policy decisions and planning:
In 1913 the Society discussed the possibility of becoming an 'exhibiting body'. It was resolved, however, that the expense of holding exhibitions would prevent the Society from becoming an exhibiting body at present [R.B.S. Minute Book No. 2, 17 November, 1913].
In July 1916 the Council rejected an invitation to join the Civic Arts Association.
In 1917 the Council drafted a letter to the Military Tribunal requesting that 'in justice to the British sculptors now serving at the front, no commission should be given for any national memorial until after peace is declared, and that it is essential that such work should be of the British School, and executed by a sculptor of British decent' [28 June, 1917].
In 1918 the Society received a letter from the University of Oxford, asking for advice about the possibility of the formation of a course of study on art at the University. A committee was formed to investigate this question.
The 1919 'Annual Report' notes that 'your Council having taken into consideration the best means of informing public bodies of the existence and objects of your Society, a circular (of which each member has received a copy) offering free advice to those contemplating the erection of memorials was sent to all local authorities, commanding offices, headmasters of public schools, &c., throughout the country', (p. 6).
In the following year the Council record numerous enquiries regarding war memorials; the 1920 'Annual Report' states that 'in most cases the advice of your Council was acted upon to the extent that applicants got into [sic] touch with artists instead of going to trade firms, which they would have done had it not been for your Council's timely offer'.
In 1921 the Council recorded that their advice concerning war memorials 'had been extended to the Colonies, and India, and various High Commissioners have expressed appreciation of the Council's efforts, and have transmitted the circulars to their respective Governments'.
In 1923 the society started making arrangements for an exhibition of small works by Members 'upon S. S. 'British Trade', which proposed to make a tour of the world'. Although arrangements were made to hold the exhibition on board the ship, the company was forced into liquidation before this could take place.
At a meeting on the 25 March 1924, the Council decided to apply for a Royal Charter. However, the petition was rejected by the Privy Council later that year.
In March 1931 the Society held an 'Exhibition of Small Works of British Sculptors' at the Gallery of Messrs. Waring and Gillow's. The 1930 'Annual Report' notes that 'for the first time the Society has been able to hold an important Exhibition in its own name, a matter which has long been desired by members, but owing to the Society being unable to provide the funds necessary to meet the very heavy costs involved, until now this has been impossible' (pp. 6-7).
In 1933 the Society began to compile an album of photographs of members' works. In the same year, the Society began to negotiate with the Royal Institute of British Architects for new accommodation in their building in Portland Place, London. The 1933 'Annual Report' notes that the Society felt that it 'would be to the advantage of the Society to have its office in a more central position, and that this would bring sculptors 'into more immediate touch with architects and other Societies of a similar nature' (p. 6). The Society started to use the new accommodation at the R.I.B.A. in 1934.
The 1934 Annual Report notes that 'at very short notice, the Society was asked to supply a very limited number of works to be shown at the opening of the new R.I.B.A. building', and that a permanent exhibition of a small number of members' works that would be changed periodically, was under consideration.
It is recorded in the 1936 'Annual Report', that a letter had been received from Buckingham Palace confirming that the King had agreed to grant patronage to the Society (pp. 7-8).
In 1936 the Society asked its members to supply details about the areas in which they lived in London, and to 'give approximate sizes and the types of Sculpture they thought suitable' for memorials. The Society's aim was to produce a reference map for possible memorial sites in the city. Twenty-seven sites had already been suggested.
The Society's 1938 'Annual Report', records that the Council 'felt that Sculpture was not adequately represented at Exhibitions sponsored by the British Council'. The Society approached the British Council, and asked whether they could nominate a representative of the R.B.S. to serve on its Committee. The report notes that 'the British Council did not want any particular Society presented on their Committee', (p. 7). In 1939, Lady Kennet (representing the R.B.S.) interviewed members of the British Council 'with the purpose of asking the British Council when such Exhibition are undertaken'.
The 1940 'Annual Report' records that 'a suggestion has been put forward that Sculptors might be employed by the Government on contour map building. The Central Institute of Art and Design, it is hoped, will lend their influence to obtain some result' (p. 9).
In 1941 the Council prepared a pamphlet entitled the 'Post War Position of Sculpture'. In 1942 they discussed another pamphlet and noted that 'it was thought advisable to study 'Propaganda' in the form of a 'Pamphlet on Sculpture and Sculptors'. The latter was compiled and (presumably) published in 1944: see 'Annual Report, 1944' (1945), p. 7.
In 1942 the Society negotiated five commissions for plaques for warships (a scheme set up by the National Savings Committee): see 'Annual Report, 1942', (1943), p. 8.
In 1944 the President (Wheeler), Vice-President (King), Lady Kennet, Brownsword, Dyson-Smith and Ledward formed a sub-committee to 'study Post-war Reconstruction and the best means of furthering the interests of members by future action'. See 'Annual Report, 1944', (1945), p. 5.
In the same year the Council approached the Board of Education and suggested that 'a course of modelling should be included in the curriculum to encourage an earlier and more general appreciation of Art and Crafts in relation to a three dimensional rule'. The Board accepted the suggestion and 'intimated that provision for this is to be made in future', (p. 6).
In 1945 the Society discussed proposals to hold exhibitions of Sculpture 'as soon as possible'. An exhibition was planned to be held in conjunction with the Royal Institute of British Architects to be held in the autumn, and another was to be 'undertaken by the Society alone at a London Gallery in the early part of 1947'. See 'Annual Report, 1945', (1946), p. 7. The former exhibition (planned in collaboration with the R.I.B.A.) was discussed again in 1946, but had not yet been held.
In 1947 the society organised an exhibited at the Royal Watercolour Society's galleries (see separate event record). After this event the Society noted that 'another exhibition should be held as early as possible, and that the Society should support the exhibition which the Government propose to sponsor in 1951'. See 'Annual Report, 1947', (1948), p. 5.
In the same year a subcommittee was formed to give talks 'to the public and to schools to spread a knowledge and appreciation of the many aspects of Sculpture'. W. C. H. King and C. Thomas served on this committee. The following year, lectures on sculpture were given by members including A. C. Carter at various public schools.
The 1949 'Annual Report' notes that two exhibitions were held in that year; one in Sheffield, and another of a collection of photographs of Members' works.
In 1950 it was reported to the Council that 'The President has been in close contact with the Organisers of the 1951 Festival of Britain. At their request he has given advice and shown photographs of members’ works. In certain cases, names of sculptors have been called for, and have been supplied.’ (see Annual Report of the Council, 1950, p. 5)
Rules: Resolved in 1905 for Council to meet on the first Monday of every month, excluding August, September and October [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
This was later changed to the second Monday, with a meeting time of 20.30-22.00 hrs [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Annual meetings (where new members were elected following the earlier nominations process) took held in February each year [6 November 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Decided to allow honorary membership to 'distinguished lady sculptors' in 1909 [5 April 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
In 1923 the Society was divided into Fellows and Associates. Twenty-two members received enough votes to be elected fellows in that year.
In 1930 it was proposed that the number of Fellows of the Society would be increased. However, there was an insufficient number of votes to pass the resolution.
In 1934 it was agreed that, 'in future, the four retiring members [from the Council] should allow one year to elapse before again offering themselves for election (this does not apply to officers)'.
In 1938 Council Members that had served three years in office, were advised that they should not offer themselves for re-election for one year.
In 1939 it was decided that any member serving in the Armed Forces could ask for a remission of his subscriptions for this period of service.
In 1943 the Council passed a new rule that the term of office that could be served as President, Vice-President or Honorary Treasurer would be limited to five years, and a previous post holder could not put themselves forward for re-election until a lapse of one year (see 'Annual Report, 1943', (1944), pp. 4-5).
In 1946 a new method of dealing with enquiries for commissions from members of the society was implemented. A 'Recommending Committee' was established at the suggestion of E. R. Bevan, which would consist of three members, chosen by the Council. The members would rotate, but it was decided that 'any member who obtains a commission shall serve on one of the next Panels and become automatically ineligible for another commission for a short period'. See 'Annual Report, 1946', (1947), p. 5.
Meeting schedule: variable
History or description: 'A brief history of the society from 1904 to the present' by Dr. Emmanuel Minne, Archivist, Royal British Society of Sculptors:
The Society of British Sculptors was founded in 1904 at a meeting of leading sculptors at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours to defend their art and for the benefit of British Sculptors. In 1911 the Society was granted the prefix ‘Royal’ and called the Royal Society of British Sculptors (RBS) until 2003, when in recognition of its international membership it altered its title to become the Royal British Society of Sculptors.
The founder members were George Frampton, William Silver Frith, Frank Lynn Jenkins, Thomas Stirling Lee, David McGill, William Reynolds-Stephens, Francis Derwent Wood, Sir Thomas Brock and Sir Charles Lawes-Wittewronge. The first President was Sir Thomas Brock, the first Honorary Treasurer was Sir Charles Lawes-Wittewronge and the (paid) secretary was Mr. Percy Edsall. In 1913 William Reynolds-Stephens was elected the first Vice-President. The Council was formed of twelve elected members. The first female sculptors were elected in 1922. The first Vice-Patrons were invited to the Society in 1923 and during the same year the membership was for the first time split into two categories which remain in place today: Associates and Fellows.
The purposes for which the Society was created were as follows: ‘The promotion and advancement in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and its Colonies and Dependencies, of the art of sculpture and the maintenance and protection of the interests of Sculptors, and the elevation of the status of the Profession of Sculpture’.
The programme drawn up in the Memorandum of Association was sufficiently comprehensive not only to meet the needs of the moment, but also to anticipate and to provide solutions for future problems (see Foreword by A.L. Baldry in ‘Modern British Sculpture – an official record of some of the works by members of the Royal Society of British Sculptors’, Academy Architecture, 1922). One of the sculptors’ priorities was ‘to show how the standard of their art could be raised step by step’. Next was ‘the intention of the Society to find out the best ways of raising the professional status of the sculptor and of extending the popular interest in him and his work’ and considers also the educational intention of the Society when offering advice and information to committees and private individuals regarding exhibitions and commissioning. Then the Society was prepared to organize open or limited competitions and ‘in many ways it is working steadily to make its influence felt in the work of today’.
Although the Society was not an exhibiting body for many years, it helped to organize international, national and local exhibitions. Its first success was its contribution to the Franco-British Exhibition in 1908. This was followed by many other international exhibitions. During the First World War the Society also contributed to the organization of smaller exhibitions, in association with other bodies such as the Royal Academy or the Imperial Arts League, in order to support fellow British sculptors and to promote their works.
In the aftermath of the Great War the Society was very active in advising War Memorial Committees in the commissioning of commemorative monuments to the war dead. During the Second World War, the Society worked with RIBA and the Church Authorities to persuade the Fine Art Commission to adopt a policy of allocating a percentage of building costs to art.
After the Second World War the Society contributed in many ways to the effort of reconstruction, mainly in advising the public authorities on commissions, but also in representing sculptors in many committees such as the committees of selection for the LCC Open Air Sculpture Exhibitions from 1948. The Society also had for many years elected representatives to the Board of Governors at the LCC Arts schools. Subsequently, in recognition for its contribution to the education curriculum the Society was regarded as an education charity. Since 1963 it has been registered as a charity (212513) with the Charity Commission.
With the emergence of the activities of the Arts Council promoting the work of only a very few modern sculptors the Society’s influence started to decline but was still determined from what the then President, W.C.H. King, says in 1951 ‘to further the interest in sculpture in this country whatever the outlook or method of the work, providing its creator have sincerity, knowledge and skill’.
Due to a lack of financial resources, the Society had for a long period of time rented its offices in other institutions. It was located successively from 1905 at 142 Strand not far from the ‘New’ Somerset House and at 6 1/2 Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East, nearby the National Gallery, between 1910 and 1922. It then moved to the Art Workers’ Guild at 6 Queen Square (1922-1935; 1939-1967), to the RIBA at Portland Place (1935-1939).
Over the hundred years since its foundation the RBS has maintained its commitment to help sculptors, to maintain the highest standards in the practice and recognition of sculpture, and to give advice to the public concerning competitions, commissions, exhibitions and contracts. More than a thousand professional sculptors have joined the RBS – some of them famous and influential - and a few distinctive non-sculptors have been elected as Honorary Fellows such as Rupert Gunnis, author of the Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660-1851, who gave lectures for the Society, and Sir Alexander Fleming, the inventor of penicillin. Whilst remaining selective the Society has expanded its membership across all genres in the last decade and is now a thriving mix of over 500 sculptors, including those at the top of their profession and others at the start of their careers. Its current headquarters, at 108 Old Brompton Road, has rooms which offer to the public the viewing of a series of many activities including regular exhibitions, talks, CPD conferences and visits to schools children.
Activities: meetings
Publications: annual reports
Benefits: eligible for awards
Composition: professional sculptors
Funding types: annual subscription
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 91
Period Start: 1919
Period End: 1920
Numbers: 98
Period Start: 1920
Period End: 1921
Numbers: 97
Period Start: 1920
Period End: 1921
Numbers: 86
Period Start: 1938
Period End: 1939
Numbers: 87
Period Start: 1941
Period End: 1942
Numbers: 110
Period Start: 1947
Period End: 1948
Numbers: 121
Period Start: 1949
Period End: 1950
Numbers: 123
Period Start: 1950
Period End: 1951
Numbers: 134
Period Start: 1951
Period End: 1952
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 due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Approved Design for the Common Seal of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
5 February 1906
Design approved unanimously at general meeting. 'The Secretary was directed to write a letter to Mr. McGill expressive of the Council's appreciation of his works and his kindness in presenting the design to the Society'(5 February 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, vol. 1).
Commissioned President's Badge, Royal Society of British Sculptors
1929 (Circa) - 1930
The society first discussed commissioning badge in 1922. Richard Garbe designed and made the badge after Charles Sargeant Jagger failed to propose a design (1928)
Locations
Address 149 Strand London
3 January 1910
Became official address of the Society in 1910 [3 January 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Address Offices of the Royal Society of British Sculptors Suffolk Street London
1910 (Presumed) - September 1918
Address Offices of the Imperial Arts League London
22 October 1918 - December 1918
Address 19 Hanover Square London
28 January 1919
Address 6 Queen Square London
21 September 1922 - 1943
Address from the 21 September, 1922. The R.B.S. approached the Art Workers' Guild for accomodation at this address in 1939.
Address 66 Portland Place London
1935 - 1939
In 1939 the Royal Institute of British Sculptors advised the R.B.S. that owing to war conditions, they would need to take over the office that was currently being rented to the R.B.S. at this address. See Royal Society of British Sculptors 'Annual Report, 1939', (1940), p. 5.
Meeting held at 35 Craven Street Strand London
3 April 1905 - 24 July 1905
Chambers lent by Thomas Stirling Lee [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Vol.I]
Meeting held at 149 Strand London
10 January 1905 (Presumed) - 17 March 1913 (Presumed)
Offices of the Society
Meeting held at Café Monica [sp?] London
28 February 1906
Held one meeting here, at 6.30pm
Meeting held at The Studio, Chelsea Gardens London
3 January 1910
Meeting held at The Arts Club Dover Street London
7 February 1910
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Royal Geographical Society commission for a statue to David Livingstone, 1951
1951
Organised by the Royal Society of British Sculptors, at the request of the Royal Geographical Society.
Members involved in British Food Fair, 1950
1950
Members works were displayed at the Fair
Information passed to organisers of The Festival of Britain, 1951
1950 (Circa)
‘The President has been in close contact with the Organisers of the 1951 Festival of Britain. At their request he has given advice and shown photographs of members’ works. In certain cases, names of sculptors have been called for, and have been supplied.’ (see Annual Report of the Council, 1950, p. 5)
Involved in Exhibition of Open Air Sculpture, Battersea Park (London County Council), 1948
1948
President served on the organising committee, and members exhibited works in the show.
Members involved in Exhibition [of Sculpture] at Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth, 1948
1948
Members exhibited works in the show.
Organized Children in Sculpture (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1947
1946 - June 1947
Organized Commission for a Statue of Henry Ford (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1946
1946
Organized Talk on Sculpture (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1946
1946
Members of the RBS were invited to give the talk by the BBC.
Organized Constance Fund, 1944-
1944
Members involved in United Artists' Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts), 1941
1941
Members of the Society took part in the exhibition, and its President (Gilbert Bayes) served on the General and Hanging Committees.
Members involved in United Artists' Exhibition (Royal Academy of Arts), 1939
1939
Organized Lady Feodora Gleichen Fund (Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1922-1951
1937
The fund was transferred to the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1937. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1937', (1938), p. 28.
Organized Competition for a Memorial to General Monash, Australia (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1934
1934
Two members served as assessors, and co-organised the competition.
Organized Crystal Palace Exhibition (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1934
1934
Organized Exhibition of Small Works by British Sculptors (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1931
10 March 1931 - 31 March 1931
Organized Competition for a Memorial in Rye Churchyard (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1931
March 1931
Assisted in the organisation of the competition.
Organized Competition for a Memorial for Animals, for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1931-1932
1931 (Presumed)
Organized Memorial to William Hamo Thornycroft (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1931-1932
1931
Members involved in Garden Designs Exhibition (Royal Horticultural Society), 1928
October 1928
Organized Prize for the best work of sculpture exhibited in London
1925
Members involved in British Empire Exhibition, 1924
1924
The Royal Society of British Sculptors 'Annual Report, 1924', (1925), notes that its members formed part of the Sculpture Committee, and that it was responsible for arranging the sculpture 'in the Art Palace and the grounds'.
Organized Prize for Distinguished Service to Sculpture (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1923-1949
1923
Organized Competition for a National War Memorial, Melbourne (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1923
1923 (Presumed)
Organized War Memorial Competition, Gwersyllt, Wrexham (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1922
1922
The Society jointly organised the commission, publicised it to their members, and advised on the selection of the sculptors.
Members involved in War Office Competition, 1921
1921
Organized Folkstone Memorial Competition (Folkestone Council), 1920
1920
Members involved in War Memorial Exhibition (Royal Academy War Memorials Committee), 1919-1920
October 1919 - November 1919
The 1919 Annual Report of the Royal Society of British Sculptors records that 'a most successful exhibition of designs for memorials held at the Royal Academy, in which your members were well represented. It appearing to your Council that the sculptors were inadequately represented in the Committee which was of a mixed character, by no means confined to members of the Royal Academy, representations were made to the Chairman, Sir Aston Webb, with the result that a member of your Society, nominated by your Council, was added to the Committee' (p. 7).
Involved in Competition for a statue of Maximo Gomez, Republic of Cuba, 1917
1917
Members of the R.B.S. were invited to participate
Organized Exhibition of Sculpture at Waring and Gillow (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1915
June 1915
Members informed about Competition for memorial to Edward VII in Ottowa
15 April 1912 (Presumed) - 20 May 1912 (Presumed)
Information circulated to members; Derwent Wood and Gillick pointed out that contest was not being run according to the Society's own rules, and it was resolved that a copy of these should be sent to the organisers [20 May 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Individual members of the Society later complained of the display conditions for models entered in the competition; but Society declined to take any action [21 October 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Organized The 'at home' of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, 1912
1912
Involved in Cardiff City Hall Statuary Competition, 1912-14
1912 - 1914
The society's involvement proved problematic after the terms of the competition and selection process were changed by the organising committee. Ultimately the internal dissension in the RBS over these commissions led to the resignation of several prominent sculptors and caused a breach in good relations lasting until 1926 (see details in Cardiff City Hall Statuary Competition and resignation relationships)
Advised on founding of The British School at Rome Scholarship in Sculpture
25 September 1911 - 9 October 1911
The Royal Society of British Sculptors held two meetings to discuss scheme and advise on its format, members also sat on the Council and Faculty of Sculpture [18 September 1911, 25 September 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1].
Represented at Japan-Britain Exhibition, 1910
1 November 1909 (Circa)
Frith, on behalf of the organising committee, asked the Royal Society of British Sculptors, of which he was a member, to assist with the sculpture selection. They decided to appoint two members to undertake the task (1 November 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1). Later, in a meeting on 16 December 1909, it was decided by the Executive Committee of the Exhibition that selection committees were unoffical and did not represent their respective societies (3 January 1910, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Information passed to organisers of Competition for memorial to John Calvin in Geneva
May 1908
Details of members of the RBS were given to the competition secretary [11 May 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Represented at Competition for a Memorial to "Ouida"
11 May 1908
Society was asked to assist in a 'small competition for a memorial to "Ouida", promoted by the "Daily Mirror" newspaper. Decided it would appoint an assessor for the competition [11 May 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Members supported Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1909
1908 - 1909 (Presumed)
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers wrote to the Royal Society of British Sculptors, requesting that individual members support their forthcoming exhibition of 'Fair Women'. The request was approved (3 February 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, vol. 1).
Represented at Opening of the new Sculpture Gallery at Aberdeen, 1905
3 April 1905 (Circa)
Society sent a message of congratulations through Frampton, who would attend the opening (3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, No. 1).
Took part in The Beginning of Art Societies and their Values To-day (Art Workers Guild), 1936
Organized Bronzes and their Patinas
Organized Social Evening (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1912
Members involved in Competition for a statue for the Central Library, New Malden, 1939
Represented at Latin-British Exhibition (White City, London), 1912
George Frampton agreed to join the Executive Committee of the Fine Art section on behalf of the RSBS, if there was to be a sculpture section, having declined to do so as an individual (18 March 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Members involved in Welsh National War Memorial Competition, 1922
Institutional and Business Connections
Assisted Welsh War Memorial committee
11 May 1908
'A letter from the Secretary of the Welsh War Memorial announcing the complete success of the competition held under the society's rules. and thanking the Council for their assistance in connection with it, was read' [11 May 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, No.1].
Collaborated with Fine Art Society Ltd
1919 - March 1920
In 1919 the Royal Society of British Sculptors arranged for an exhibition of small bronzes to be held at the Fine Art Society's galleries in November 1920. See 'Annual Report', (1919), p. 8.
Collaborated with Artists' General Benevolent Institution
1922
Representatives of the Society raised money for the Artists' Benevolent Fund. For example, in 1922, Reid Dick collected £380 for the Fund at the Society's annual dinner. See 'Annual Report, 1922', (1923), p. 8.
Collaborated with Royal Horticultural Society
1935
In 1935 the Royal Society of British Sculptors received a letter from the City and Guilds of London Institute, that drew attention 'to the vulgar and commonplace nature of the 'Garden Ornaments' display at the Royal Horticultural Society's Show last May [1934?]'. The letter suggested that the R.B.S. should approach the R.H.S. 'with a view to getting them to display Sculpture of a higher standard'. See 'Annual Report, 1935', (1936), p. 9.
Collaborated with Royal Institute of British Architects
1944 (Presumed)
Members of the R.B.S. met with those of the R.I.B.A. to discuss collaborations between architects and sculptors. They agreed on a number of points for further action: see Royal Society of British Sculptors, 'Annual Report, 1944', (1945), p. 5, for further details.
Declined offer from Leicester Galleries
12 March 1906
Ernest Brown and Phillips proposed that the Royal Society of British Sculptors might hold an exhibition at their galleries [12 March 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Declined offer from Fine Art Society Ltd
12 March 1906
Fine Art Society proposed that the Royal Society of British Sculptors might hold an exhibition at their galleries in 1906 [12 March 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Declined offer from Allied Artists Association
17 March 1913
The Allied Artists Assocation offered terms for the Royal British Society of Sculptors to hold an exhibition of sculpture in the Association's exhibition. The offer was declined [17 March 1913, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Declined offer from The Royal Mint
1923
In 1923 the Council of the Royal Society of British Sculptors reported on the Royal Mint's decision to make commissioned medals for 'committees and private persons', in addition to 'the customary coinage and official medals'. The Mint asked the Society to nominate one of their members to serve on the Mint's Advisory Committee. The Society initially objected to the fact that there would only be one sculptor on this committee out of a total of seven. The Society wrote to the Mint on the 3 January 1924, stating that while it approved of the principal of setting up an Advisory Committee to 'advise on matters covering coinage and medals for the pubic service, such as War and Commemorative medlas', it also felt that 'it is not in the highest interest of Medallic Art that private commissions in any form should be handled by the Mint'. The Society noted that it would be happy to nominate one of their members to serve on the Advisory Committee, if the Mint agreed to their suggestions regarding private commissions. The Mint rejected these suggestions and withdrew their invitation to the Society to serve on their Advisory Committee. See 'Annual Report, 1923', (1924), pp. 6-7.
Enlisted support of Royal Institute of British Architects
1945
In 1945 the R.B.S. Council reported that they had been in communication with the R.I.B.A. 'with a view of enlisting their help their help in our [the R.B.S.'s] endeavour to persuade the Fine Arts Commission to advocate, with the Government, that a percentage on Building Costs should be allowed for Decoration'. (See 'Annual Report, 1945', (1946), p. 6)
Made complaint to Liverpool City Council
3 July 1905 - 18 November 1912 (Circa)
Society noted poor display conditions for sculpture in Liverpool; decided to abstain from exhibition participation until situation changed [3 July 1905]. Liverpool took no action and relations remained cool. Some members seem to have defied the Society and exhibited in Liverpool nonetheless but, for instance, when Allen wrote to the Society to request permission to show his work at the Walker [2 November 1908], he was refused. The issue of whether to end disputes with Liverpool (through the Society writing to members of the corporation) was discussed the following year [5 July 1909], but no change in policy was agreed. Thomas Brock’s opinion, rather than that suggested by Pegram et al, carried [4 August 1909]. The society continued to as artists - including Kellock Brown, Colton, Drury, McDougall and Ward - if, when their works appeared in Liverpool exhibitions, they had knowledge of their inclusion [21 November 1910].
Early in his presidency of the society, George Frampton received letters from Bayes, Drury. Toft, Frith, Gotto and Pomerory, requesting a reconciliation of differences between the Society and the Liverpool authorities [16 April 1912]. A meeting between Society and the Liverpool Art Committee took place [20 May 1912], followed by a lunch, hosted by Frampton, for the curator and chairman of the Walker and the council of the Society [18 November 1912].
All date references in this summary are from 'The Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1'. A complete list of references to the dispute follows:
3 July 1905; July 24 1905; 2 April 1906; 11 June 1906; 2 November 1908; 4 January 1909; 5 July 1909; 4 August 1909; 18 July 1910; 16 April 1912; 18 November 1912.
Made complaint to Tate Gallery
1907 (Presumed) - 1909 (Presumed)
George Frampton brought attention to the poor condition of sculptures at Tate; works were dirty. Suggested that the Royal Society of British Sculptors should write to The Times. Charles Lawes-Wittewrouge suggested that, instead, they should make a report of conditions and suggestions for action and send it to National Gallery at Millbank. Frampton, Goscombe-John and Thornycroft agreed to make a visit to the site to prepare missive [12 June 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]]. Letter approved [4 November 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Made complaint to Royal Academy of Arts
18 May 1911 - 19 February 1912 (Presumed)
Gotto raised concerns over the poor lighting of sculpture at the Royal Academy [18 May 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Decided to draft a petition, with Gotto and Stirling Lee responsible [20 November 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. This was rejected in favour of writing a letter for Frampton to give to Thornycroft, expressing the views of the Society [19 February 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Response from Thornycroft - regretting that no action could be taken due to cost - is attached to minutes [21 October 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Made complaint to Royal Institute of British Architects
15 April 1921
The Royal Society of British Sculptors [R.B.S.]wrote a letter to the Royal Institute of British Architects disputing their practice of 'employing trade sculptors, instead of Members of the Sculptor's profession'. The R.B.S. wrote that they believed that 'at the present time it is the practice of a great number of Architects seeking Sculptors' aid, to proceed at once to a firm of Trade Sculptors who at best must employ or contract with practical Sculptors of possible second or third rate abilities. In this way they feel that inferior work at a higher cost is often the result. My Council is sure that first-rate Sculptors will be only too pleased to furnish an Architect with preliminary estimates, designs, and any other assistance in their power, so that if you are willing to influence your members in this direction, they feel that fine work will be produced at a lesser cost than at the present, to the benefit of the Art, and the satisfaction of clients'. See 'Annual Report', (1921), p. 8.
Made complaint to Royal Academy of Arts
1928
It was reported in the Royal Society of British Sculptor's 'Annual Report', (1928), that 'the matter of the unsatisfactory existing conditions regarding the showing of sculpture at the the Royal Academy was taken up and after careful discussion, a letter was sent to the President and Council. To this a sympathetic reply was received and it is hoped, as a consequence, that ultimately a more worthy provision for the display of sculpture may result. But sculptors will no doubt have to continue to agitate collectively before anything adequate is done'.
Made complaint to Tate Gallery
1938 - 1939
In 1938 the R.B.S. wrote to the Tate Gallery to complain that 'many works which used to be on view to the public have not been replaced since the building of the new gallery'. The 'Annual Report' from that year notes that as a result of this complaint 'a considerable number of works by British Sculptors have been brought up, but too many are still in the cellars and it is not proposed to let the matter drop', (p. 9).
This issue was raised again in 1939, and supported by the Royal Academy. See 'Annual Report, 1939', (1940), p. 9.
Made enquiry to Tate Gallery
2 March 1908 (Circa)
Secretary reported on his conversation with Charles Holroyd about the possibility of showing sculpture outside the Tate Gallery [2 March 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]
Made proposal to Royal Academy of Arts
1937
The R.B.S. sent a proposal to the Royal Academy on the 15 February, 1937, suggesting that an 'International Exhibition of 20th Century Sculpture' should be held at Burlington House, within the next two or three years. The Society suggested that an exhibition of this type would contribute to the appreciation and educational value of Sculpture in Britain. They proposed an exhibition of c. 300 to 350 work of average size, in a finished material (where possible), and suggested that works should be selected by the representatives of each country. See Royal Society of British Sculptors, 'Annual Report, 1936', (1937), p. 8. The letter was written by William Reid Dick. In 1938 it is recorded that the arrangements for this exhibition had been postponed 'owing to the uncertainty of the International situation during the year'. See 'Annual Report, 1938', (1939), p. 8.
Offered advice to Manchester City Art Gallery
5 July 1905 - 4 January 1911 (Presumed)
The Royal Society of British Sculptors discussed how they might advise on Sculpture spaces for proposed Gallery in Manchester [3 July, 1905]. In 1910, wrote to Manchester to call attention to a promise that Sculpture would be considered in the designs [21 November 1910]. A copy of the same letter was sent to the Lord Mayor of Manchester [19 December 1910]. The Lord Mayor sent his assurances that he would bring the matter to the attention of the Committee, while Walter Butterworth, chairman of the Art Gallery, replied requesting an interview with the Society President[4 January 1911].
All references listed here are taken from 'The Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Offered advice to Royal Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition
1911 (Presumed)
The Royal Commission requested that the Royal Society of British Sculptors draft a scheme for their guidance in relation to the proposed travelling studentship; special meeting on the 18 September 1911 to discuss particulars. Part of Royal Society of British Sculptors sub-committee to advise on the Travelling Scholarship of Rome. [18 September 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Offered advice to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
18 November 1912 (Presumed) - 16 December 1912 (Presumed)
Stirling Lee reported suggestion he had received from Birmingham, that one of their galleries should be devoted to the display of small pieces of sculpture [18 November 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Society wrote to offer advice [16 December 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Whitworth Wallis wrote back and suggested that, while there were no plans to organise sculpture exhibitions for Birmingham, they would be glad to act as a touring venue for future exhibitions arranged by the Royal Society of British Sculptors For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [20 January 1913, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Provided representative to Royal Institute of British Architects
11 May 1908 (Circa)
Letter from the Royal Institute of British Architects read at the meeting of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, requesting that the Society 'appoint a member to represent them [the RBS] upon a committee to be formed for the purpose of considering a proposal to establish an annual international exhibition of architecture and the decorative arts [...] Resolved that the invitation be accepted, and that Mr.Thornycroft be appointed to represent the society on that committee' [11 May 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]
Provided representative to The London Society
20 May 1912
Frampton was asked to join the Council of the London Society; Council of the Royal Society of British Sculptors decided that he should accept the offer [20 May 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Provided representative to The International Historical Congress
20 May 1920
The Society was asked by the British Academy to forward a representative to serve on the general committee of the Congress; the Society selected Frampton [20 May 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Provided representative to Roads of Remembrance Association
1928 - 1929
The Association requested that a member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors serve on their Council in 1928. William Reynolds-Stephens served as the representative
Provided representative to Imperial Arts League
1938 (Presumed)
The President of the R.B.S. served as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Imperial Art League
Provided representative to Arts Council of Great Britain
1951 (Presumed)
The R.B.S. 'Annual Report, 1951', (1952), records that 'your President [W. C. H. King] has acted as Chairman of an ad hoc committee of nine Presidents and other representatives of leading London Art Societies, appointed to deal with the activities of the Arts Council. Mr. Gilbert Ledward and Mr. Alan Durst are serving on this committee on behalf of the Society' (p. 4)
Received enquiry from Bovey Pottery Company Ltd.
1939
The pottery company asked the R.B.S. for names of their members who would be prepared to carry out designs for reproductions. All members were notified.
Received request from Institute of Oil Painters
20 September 1906 - 2 October 1906
The Institute of Oil Painters asked the Royal Society of British Sculptors to assist them in finding eight small sculpture exhibits for their forthcoming exhibition. The Society obliged, asking that members submit one work each, by 2 October, from which they could make a selection [20 September 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Received request from Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours
4 February 1907 (Presumed)
The Institute asked for assistance in obtaining 12 small pieces of sculpture for its forthcoming exhibition; the Society asked that members submit single works for consideration, from which a selection could be made [7 February 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Received request from Stone Carver's Union
1938
The Royal Society of British Sculptor's 'Annual Report, 1938, (1939), notes that 'the Stone Carver's Union approached the Council with a view to co-operating in presenting a case to the Tariff Commission for an increase in the duty on worked marble entering this country'. The R.B.S. agreed to support the Union if this case came forward.
Recommendation adopted by Royal Academy of Arts
1916 (Circa)
The Council of the R.B.S. reported in June 1916, that the Royal Academy had adoted their recommendation to 'set aside a gallery at the next Winter Exhibition for sculpture in the form of sketch designs for memorials. etc.'
Shared offices with Imperial Arts League
22 October 1918
The R.B.S. used the offices if the Imperial Arts League.
Shared offices with Art Workers Guild
1927 (Presumed) - 1930 (Presumed)
In 1927 the Council of the Royal Society of British Sculptors entered into a three year tenancy agreement with the Art Workers' Guild to use their offices.
Shared premises with Royal Institute of British Architects
1934
The Royal Society of British Sculptors began negotiations to share the new premises of the Royal Instiute of Architects in 1933. This was agreed in 1934.
Supported Ancient Monuments Board
1 June 1908 - 16 June 1913 (Presumed)
The Society expressed its support of the idea of a Board [1 June 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Wrote and asked Earl Beauchamp that the name of Society be included in the first schedule [19 May 1913, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]
Supported Crystal Palace Memorial Committee
1911 (Presumed)
Committee requested and was granted the support of the society. [16 October 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Supported initiative taken by The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1908
International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers wrote to the Royal Society of British Sculptors, requesting that individual members support their forthcoming exhibition of 'Fair Women'. The request was approved [3 February 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Supported initiative taken by Imperial Arts League
19 May 1913 (Presumed)
The Society decided to write a letter of complaint about railway rates to add weight to the protest to the Board of Trade organised by the League [19 May 1913, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Associated People
Advisors included James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Society wrote to MacGillvray following meeting of 2 March, asking him to recommend Scottish sculptors suitable for membership. On 3 April it was reported that he 'had sent a reply of a confidential character which he had directed ought not to be read or shown to anyone except the President [...] it amounted to an expression of inability to make any recommendations'. Note: Oliver Sheppard had been asked to perform the same service concerning Irish sculptors [2 March 1905 and 3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, No.I]. Seemingly did suggest, however, that all members of the Scottish and Irish Academies should be elected members without the formality of proposal [8 May 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Advisors included Oliver Sheppard
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Society wrote to Sheppard following meeting of 2 March, asking him to recommend Irish sculptors suitable for membership. On 3 April it was reported that he had sent a reply, suggesting John Hughes and R.H.A.Willis. Note: J.MacGillivray had been asked to perform the same service concerning Scottish sculptors [Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, No. I].
Associate members included Philip Lindsey Clark
1922 - 1945 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1945.
Associate members included Christine Gregory
1922 - 1948 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1948
Associate members included Florence Ada Kendrick
1922 - 1955
Asked for a short suspension of membership in 1942 because of the war but reestablished after a few months. Became fellow in 1955.
Associate members included George Alexander
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became Fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Fane Frank Fleming Baxter
1923 - 1942
Associate members included Sidney Nicholson Boyes
1923 - 3 April 1928
Name removed from list of members for 3 months in 1928 [reason unspecified]. Resigned on the 3 April, 1928.
Associate members included Mortimer John Brown
1923 - 1927
Associate members included Edward George Bramwell
1923 - 1929
Associate members included Percy George Bentham
1923 - 1936
Died in 1936.
Associate members included Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
1923 - 1926 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1926.
Associate members included Robert Lindsey Clark
1923 - 1926
Died in 1926.
Associate members included Joseph Else
14 May 1923 - 1938
Associate members included Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Francis William Doyle Jones
1923 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Associate members included Alexander Fisher
1923 - 1924
Associate members included William Bateman Fagan
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Alexander R. Fraser
1923 - 1928
Name was removed from the list of members in 1928.
Associate members included Richard Reginald Goulden
1923 - 1932
Died in 1932.
Associate members included Frank Gatter
1923 - 1935
Associate members included Frederick James Halnon
1923 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included George Hardie
1923 - 1939
Became honorary member in 1939.
Associate members included George Frederick Morris Harding
1923 - 1932
Harding's name was removed from the Roll of Members in 1932, for not meeting the arrears of his subscriptions.
Associate members included John Edward Hyett
1923 - 1936
Died in 1936.
Associate members included Alfred Frank Hardiman
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Edgar Allan Howes
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Edwin Arthur Huskinson
1923 - 1925
Associate members included George Rayner Happ
1923
End date of associateship unknown.
Associate members included Harry Dixon
1923 - 1924
Associate members included Basil Gotto
1923 - 1929
Associate members included Cecil Hew Brown
1923 - 1926
Died in 1926.
Associate members included William Kellock Brown
1923 - 1934
Died in 1934.
Note that in 1930 Brown's name was removed from the Roll of Members for non-payment of scubscriptions.
Associate members included William Banbury
1923 - 1935
Became honorary member in 1935.
Associate members included Thomas John Clapperton
1923 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Robert Jackson Emerson
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included John Cassidy
1923 - 1930
Resigned in 1930.
Associate members included David Alexander Francis
1923 - 1930
Died in 1930.
Associate members included (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Anne Crawford Acheson
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Phyllis Muriel Cowan Archibald Clay
1923
End date of associateship unknown.
Associate members included Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
1923 - 1925
Died in 1925.
Associate members included Leonard Stanford Merrifield
1923 - 1926
Became fellow in 1926
Associate members included Harry Keast
1923 (Presumed)
Associate members included John Millard
1923
End date of membership unknown.
Associate members included Alfred Bertram Pegram
1923 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Harold Parker
1923 - 1926
Associate members included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1923 - 1926 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1926.
Associate members included Courtenay Edward Maxwell Pollock
1923 - 1933
Notes that in 1913 Pollock was nominated for membership by F.W. Pomeroy and F. Derwent Wood. See R.B.S. Minute Book, no. 2, 1913-1922, 20 October, 1913.
Associate members included Alfred James Oakley
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Alexander Proudfoot
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became associate in 1923; reinstated in 1930 after break in membership. Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Jess Lawson Peacey
1923 - 1949 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1949.
Associate members included Mark Rogers Junior
1923 - 1933 (Circa)
Associate members included George Edward Wade
1923 - 1939
Associate Member from 1923 to 1927. Wade was re-elected as a Member in January 1939.
Associate members included Frank Arnold Wright
1923 - 1936 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Arthur Stanley Young
1923 - 1927
Resigned in 1927, only to rejoin as fellow in 1952.
Associate members included Oliver Sheppard
1923 - 1930
Resigned in 1930.
Associate members included George Blackall Simonds
1923 - 1929 (Presumed)
Died in 1929.
Associate members included James Alexander Stevenson
1923 - 1926
Became fellow in 1926.
Associate members included Samuel William Ward Willis
1923 - 1928 (Circa)
Resigned in 1928 only to rejoin in 1946.
Associate members included Charles Vyse
1923 - 1930
Associate members included Newbury Abbot Trent
1923 - 1925
Associate members included Allan Gairdner Wyon
1923 - 1926 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1926.
Associate members included Charles Edward Whiffen
1923 - 1927
Associate members included Onslow Ernest Whiting
1923 - 1931
Associate members included Frederick John Wilcoxson
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Harold James Youngman
1923 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Phoebe Gertrude Stabler
1923 - 1955
Expressed wish to resign in 1940.
Associate members included Ottilie Helen Wallace
1923 - 1947
Died in 1947.
Associate members included William Leslie Bowles
March 1926 - 1932
Note that in 1926, the R.B.S. 'Annual Report' records that Bowles, who was elected in March, 'has gone to Australia and has not yet taken up his Membership'.
Resigned in 1932.
Associate members included Harold Brownsword
1926 - 1938 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Isobel Donaldson
1926
End date unknown.
Associate members included Henry (Harry) Snell Gamley
1926 - 1928
Died in 1928.
Associate members included William Charles Holland King
1926 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Walter Marsden
1926 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Mary Morton
1926 (Circa) - 1948
Became fellow in 1948.
Associate members included Joan L. Pyman
1926
Duration of membership unknown. Joined under her married name, Mrs Stewart
Associate members included Charles Thomas Wheeler
1926 - 1935
Became fellow in 1935 (see separate entry)
Associate members included Albert C. Carter
6 December 1927 - 1943
Became fellow in 1943.
Associate members included Edith Mabel Gabriel
6 December 1927 - 1955
Became fellow in 1955.
Associate members included Maggie Richardson Mitchell
6 December 1927 - 1952
Became fellow in 1952.
Associate members included George Henry Paulin
6 December 1927 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Herbert Tyson Smith
6 December 1927 - 1945
Became fellow in 1945.
Associate members included Alexander Carrick
1928 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Richard Louis Garbe
1928 - 1930
Asked to be reinstated to the society in 1928. Became fellow in 1929.
Associate members included Kathleen (Edith Agnes) Scott
1928 - 1946
Became fellow in 1946.
Associate members included Alice Lindley-Millican
1928 - 1930
Died in 1930.
Associate members included William McMillan
1928 - 1932
Became fellow in 1932.
Associate members included Thomas Joseph Murphy
1928 - 1940 (Presumed)
Removed from the list of members in 1940. Rejoined in 1946.
Associate members included Edwin Whitney-Smith
1928 - 1932
Resigned in 1932. Rejoined in 1935.
Associate members included Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams
1928 - 1934
Died in 1934.
Associate members included David Evans
13 November 1929 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Cecil Walter Thomas
3 April 1929 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Margaret J. Wrightson
13 November 1929 - 1943
Became fellow in 1943.
Associate members included Richard Oliver Gross
3 April 1930 - 1945
First attempted to join in 1926. Became fellow in 1945.
Associate members included Winifred Turner
3 April 1930 - 1943
Became fellow in 1943.
Associate members included (Hubert) Donald MacGeogh Gilbert
1931 - 1943
Became fellow in 1943.
Associate members included Alfred Southwick
1931 - 1945
Died in 1945.
Associate members included Mary Pownall (Bromet)
30 March 1932 - 1937
Died in 1937.
Associate members included Edgar Silver Frith
30 March 1932 - 1943
Name was removed from list in 1943; rejoined in 1957.
Associate members included Edgar Silver Frith
1932 - 1961
Removed from membership between 1943-1957 when renominated
Associate members included (George) Rayner Hoff
1934 - 1937
Died in 1937.
Associate members included William James Bloye
4 April 1934 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included Reginald Arthur Hignett
2 April 1935 - 1955
Became fellow in 1955.
Associate members included John Francis Kavanagh
1935 - 1945
Became fellow in 1945.
Associate members included James Arthur Woodford
2 April 1935 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included (Arthur) Barney Seale
2 April 1935 - 1943
Became fellow in 1943.
Associate members included (Henry) Eric John Doudney
31 March 1936 - 1948
Became fellow in 1948.
Associate members included Charles William Dyson-Smith
1936 - 1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included John Massey Rhind
31 March 1936 - 1936
Died in 1936.
Associate members included Julian Phelps Allan
29 March 1938 - 1941
Resigned in 1941, but rejoined in 1945.
Associate members included Ernest George Gillick
1938
Became fellow in 1938.
Associate members included (Arthur) Eric Rowton Gill
29 March 1938 - 1939
Resigned in 1939.
Associate members included Dora Gordine
29 March 1938 - 1949
Became a Fellow in 1949.
Associate members included Thomas Bayliss Huxley- Jones
29 March 1938 - 1945
Became a Fellow in 1945.
Associate members included Maurice Lambert
29 March 1938 - 1947
Resigned in 1947.
Associate members included Erica Lee
29 March 1938
Associate Member.
Associate members included Helen Victoria Mackay
29 March 1938
Associate Member.
Associate members included Charles Sykes
29 March 1938 - 1948
Associate Member.
Associate members included Charlotte Ellen Gibson
28 March 1939 - 1951
Associate members included Geoffrey Hampton Deeley
28 March 1939
Associate Member.
Associate members included Andrew Dods
28 March 1939
Associate Member.
Associate members included Wilfrid Edgar Dudeney
28 March 1939
Associate Member.
Associate members included Herbert William Palliser
28 March 1939 - 1943
Became a fellow in 1943.
Associate members included Estcourt James Clack
2 April 1940 - 1946
Associate members included Alexander Jack Marshall
1940
Associate members included George Edgar Campbell
1 April 1941 - 1951
Associate members included Josephine Alys Hermes de Vasconcellos
1 April 1941 - 1948
Elected as an Associate Member.
Associate members included Percy Brown
31 March 1942 - 1948
Associate members included de Hadehn Alexandrine
31 March 1942
Associate members included Muriel Wheeler
31 March 1942
Associate members included William Scott Wilkinson
31 March 1942 - 1949
Became a Fellow in 1949.
Associate members included George A. Holman
31 March 1942
Associate members included Muriel Joyce Bidder
30 March 1943
Associate members included Herbert Harry Cawood
30 March 1943 - 1946
Associate members included Erica Mildred White
30 March 1943
Associate members included (Rose) Gwynneth Cobden Holt
30 March 1943
Served as a Member of the Council.
Associate members included Bennett Ingram
30 March 1943
Associate members included James Wedgwood
1944 - 8 February 1945
Became a Fellow in 1945.
Associate members included Harold Wilson Parker
1944
May have joined in 1943
Associate members included George Henry Ford
1944 - 1955
Associate members included E. Roland Bevan
1945
Associate members included George Hayward
1945
Associate members included Barbara Tribe
1945
Associate members included J. R. Murray McCheyne
1945
Associate members included Rosamund Mary Beatrice Fletcher
1945 (Circa) - 1957
Associate members included George Victor Haywood
1945 - 1961
Associate members included Edward Bainbridge Copnall
1946
Associate members included Arthur James John Ayres
1947
Associate members included Siegfried Joseph Charoux
1947 - 1949
Unanimously nominated for membership
Associate members included H. Stratton
1947
Served as a Member of the Council.
Associate members included Albert Pountney
1947
Associate members included C. Kar
1947
Associate members included David McFall
1947
Associate members included M. Crossley
1947
Associate members included Darsie Rawlins
1947
Fellow from 1961 and Treasurer from 1973-6
Associate members included Alan Bridgwater
1948 - 1961
Associate members included Leonard Byng
1948 - 1962
Associate members included Alfred Horace Gerrard
1948 - 1952
Associate members included Arthur Glover
1948
Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, 1965-8
Associate members included R.A.V. Lewis
1948
Associate members included Marjorie Violet G Drawbell
1948
Associate members included Beth Jukes
1948
Associate members included Eric Harry Peskett
1948 - 1990
FRBS 1961-90
Associate members included William Everett Gray
1948 - 1957
Associate members included Mary Jenks
1949
Associate members included Marion Willis Stanfield
1949
Associate members included Coleman
1949
Associate members included Howard E. D. Bate
1949
Associate members included Michael Clark
1949 - 1961
Then FRBS 1961-90
Associate members included Denis Dunlop
1949 - 1951
Became a Fellow in 1951.
Associate members included Alan Lydiat Durst
1949 - 1951
Became a fellow in 1951.
Associate members included Arthur John Fleischmann
1949 - 1957
Associate members included Charles Walter Edward Lewis
1949 - 1978 (Presumed)
FRBS 1961-78
Associate members included Hamish (Henry) Basil Macpherson
1949 - 1974
Associate members included Richard Alfred Thomas
1949
Duration of membership unknown
Associate members included Mark Wilfred Batten
1950
Associate members included Robert Vain
1950
Associate members included Eric J. Elmes
1950
Presume the Elmes who was a member of the RBS taught at Leeds. Eric Elmes' work was featured in Studio International in 1951
Associate members included Stephen Leslie Rickard
1950
Associate members included C.H. Anderson
1951
Associate members included Douglas Robertson Bisset
1951
Associate members included Harold Dow
1951
Associate members included Douglas Wain-Hobson
1951
Associate members included Charles D'Orville Pilkington Jackson
1951
His offer of membership came from the 500th Council Meeting of the RSBS
Associate members included Allan G. King
1951
Associate members included Fred Kormis
1951
Associate members included Frank Graeme Martin
1951
Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors, 1965-81
Associate members included Richard Ross Robertson
1951
Associate members included Sydney S. Birnie Stewart
1951
Associate members included Leslie Tillotson Thornton
1951
Associate members included Albert Willetts
1951
Associate members included Ruth Windmiller
1951
Candidates for membership included Albert Hemstock Hodge
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Candidates for membership included George Edward Wade
15 January 1906
Date of reciept of application.
Candidates for membership included F. Headly
15 May 1911 - 6
Was forwarded for membership but Toft's letter of recommendation was considered inadequate by the Society [15 May 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Commissioned Charles Sargeant Jagger
1928 (Circa)
To design the Society's badge of office. Jagger did not produce a design and so the commission was offered to Richard Garbe in 1929
Commissioned Richard Louis Garbe
1933
To design a Diploma certificate to be presented to Members on their election to the Society
Declined exhibiting work by D'Espinay
6 April 1908
Letter was read at RBS meeting 'from influential quarters desiring that a work by Count D'Espinay should be included in the Franco-British Exhibition [...] the Council were unanimously of the opinion that they could not advise the acceptance of the work' [6 April 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Declined exhibiting work by Albert Bruce Joy
11 May 1908 (Circa)
'A letter from Mr. Bruce-Joy, asking for further consideration of his work which he desired to submit for the Franco-British Exhibition, was read. The Secretary was instructed to say that it was too late to re-open the matter' [11 May 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Donation managed by Charles John Allen
5 November 1906
Allen had administered an anonymous donation of £10.10.0 towards the Society's proposed sculpture exhibition. When it was decided that the exhibition was to be abandoned in favour of the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908, the monies were returned with thanks to the donors [5 November 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Donation managed by (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal
5 November 1906
MacKennal recieved several small donations to pass on, to contribute to the cost of the Society's proposed sculpture exhibition. When it was decided that the exhibition was to be abandoned in favour of the Franco-British Exhibition of 1908, the monies were returned with thanks to the donors [5 November 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Donation received from Charles Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge
10 January 1905
Agreed to cover all expenses incurred in the production of a society seal [Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Donation received from David McGill
5 February 1906
Presented design for the Society's Common Seal [5 February 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Donation received from William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1955
£13877 11s. 8d.
The residue of his estate on the death of Lady Reynolds-Stephens (RBS Archive Newsletter, no. 2, November 2007)
Employed Jacques Chenue
1908 (Presumed)
Was employed to collect sculpture for the Franco-British exhibition and place it in position [6 April 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Fellows included Charles John Allen
1923 - 1956
Died in 1956.
Fellows included John Angel
1923 - 1936
Fellows included Stanley Nicholson Babb
1923 - 1945
Became honorary member in 1945.
Fellows included Gilbert William Bayes
1923 - 1953
Died in 1953.
Fellows included Benjamin Clemens
1923 - 1945
Became honorary member in 1946.
Fellows included Thomas Mewburn Crook
1923 - 1949
Died in 1949.
Fellows included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1923 - 1943
Became honorary member in 1943.
Fellows included William Silver Frith
1923 - 1924
Died in 1924.
Fellows included Henry Charles Fehr
1923 - 1940
Died in 1940.
Fellows included Charles Leonard Hartwell
1923 - 1951
Died in 1951.
Fellows included Charles Sargeant Jagger
1923 - 1934
Died in 1934.
Fellows included (Alfred) Adrian Jones
1923 - 1932 (Presumed)
Became honorary member in 1932.
Fellows included William Reid Dick
1923 - 1955
Became honorary fellow in 1955.
Fellows included Paul Raphael Montford
1923 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Fellows included Gilbert Ledward
1923 - 1960
Died in 1960.
Fellows included Albert Arthur Toft
1923
Fellows included Frederick William Pomeroy
1923 - 1924
Died in 1924.
Fellows included Henry Poole
1923 - 1928
Died in 1928.
Fellows included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1923 - 1943
Died in 1943.
Fellows included Arthur George Walker
1923 - 1936
Tendered his resignation owing to ill health, and was elected an Honorary Member.
Fellows included William Hamo Thornycroft
1923 - 1925
Died in 1925.
Fellows included Alfred Turner
1923 - 1940
Died in 1940.
Fellows included Louis Frederick vai Roselieb (Roslyn)
1923 - 1938 (Circa)
Name was retained on the roll of members until at least 1939; removed in 1940 [List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Fellows included Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
1926 - 1951
Died in 1951.
Fellows included Leonard Stanford Merrifield
1926 - 1943
Died in 1943.
Fellows included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1926 - 1952
Retired in 1952.
Fellows included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1926 - 1952 (Presumed)
Retired in 1952.
Fellows included James Alexander Stevenson
1926 - 1937
Died in 1937.
Fellows included Allan Gairdner Wyon
1926 - 1950 (Presumed)
Became honorary member in 1950.
Fellows included Richard Louis Garbe
December 1928 - 1957
Became honorary fellow in 1954; died in 1957.
Fellows included William Goscombe John
December 1928 - 1952
Asked to re-join the society and was reinstated in 1928. Became honorary member in 1952.
Fellows included William McMillan
1932 - 1964
Became honorary member in 1964.
Fellows included Charles Thomas Wheeler
February 1935 - 1974
Died in 1974.
Fellows included Frank Arnold Wright
1936 (Presumed) - 1942 (Presumed)
Became honorary member in 1942.
Fellows included George Alexander
1938 - 1942
Died in 1942.
Fellows included Harold Brownsword
1938 - 1961
Died in 1961.
Fellows included Alexander Carrick
1938 - 1943
Fellows included Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman
1938 - 1944
Died in 1944.
Fellows included Charles William Dyson-Smith
1938 - 1949
Fellows included David Evans
1938 - 1959
Died in 1959.
Fellows included William Bateman Fagan
1938 - 1948
Died in 1948.
Fellows included Ernest George Gillick
1938 - 1951
Died in 1951.
Fellows included Frederick James Halnon
1938 - 1944
Resigned due to sickness in 1944.
Fellows included Frederick Brook Hitch
1938 - 1957
Died in 1957.
Fellows included Alfred Frank Hardiman
1938 - 1949
Died in 1949.
Fellows included Edgar Allan Howes
1938 - 1952 (Presumed)
Proposed as honorary member in 1953.
Fellows included Joseph Else
1938 - 1955
Died in 1955.
Fellows included Thomas John Clapperton
1938 - 1951
Became honorary member in 1951 (?).
Note that in the 1951 'Annual Report', Clapperton is listed as 'retired'.
Fellows included Robert Jackson Emerson
1938 - 1944
Died in 1944.
Fellows included (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
1938 - 1963
Fellows included Anne Crawford Acheson
1938 - 1962
Died in 1962.
Fellows included William James Bloye
1938 - 1968
Fellows included William Charles Holland King
1938 - 1957
Became honorary member in 1957.
Fellows included Walter Marsden
1938 - 1956
Fellows included Alfred Bertram Pegram
1938 - 1941
Died in 1941.
Fellows included Alfred James Oakley
1938 - 1952
Retired in 1952.
Fellows included Alexander Proudfoot
1938 - 1949
Became honorary member in 1950.
Fellows included George Henry Paulin
1938 - 1946
Fellow from 1938 to 1940, and then left due to war circumstances. Rejoined 1946.
Fellows included Edwin Whitney-Smith
1938 - 1952
Died in 1952.
Fellows included Frederick John Wilcoxson
1938 - 1947 (Presumed)
Became honorary member in 1947.
Fellows included Harold James Youngman
1938 - 1967
Fellows included Cecil Walter Thomas
1938 - 1976
Died in 1976
Fellows included James Arthur Woodford
1938 - 1968
Fellows included Albert C. Carter
1943 - 1958
Died in 1958.
Fellows included (Hubert) Donald MacGeogh Gilbert
1943 - 1961
Died in 1961.
Fellows included Edmund Thomas Wyatt Ware
1943 - 1960
Died in 1960.
Fellows included Margaret J. Wrightson
1943 - 1945
Fellows included Winifred Turner
1943 - 1969
Fellows included (Arthur) Barney Seale
1943 - 1957
Died in 1957.
Fellows included Herbert William Palliser
1943
Fellows included Philip Lindsey Clark
8 March 1945 - 1965
Fellows included Richard Oliver Gross
8 March 1945 - 1957
Fellows included John Francis Kavanagh
8 March 1945 - 1971
Reinstated in the membership lists in 1963.
Fellows included Herbert Tyson Smith
8 March 1945 - 1972
Died in 1972.
Fellows included James Wedgwood
8 March 1945
Fellows included Thomas Bayliss Huxley- Jones
8 March 1945
Fellows included Kathleen (Edith Agnes) Scott
1946 - 1947
Died in 1947.
Fellows included Herbert Harry Cawood
1946 - 1952
Fellows included Estcourt James Clack
1946 - 1973
Fellows included Harold Wilson Parker
1946
Fellows included Julian Phelps Allan
1948 - 1969
Fellows included (Henry) Eric John Doudney
1948 - 1971
Fellows included Christine Gregory
1948 - 1960
Fellows included Mary Morton
1948 - 1965
Died in 1965.
Fellows included Arthur James John Ayres
1948 - 1985
Fellows included Edward Bainbridge Copnall
1948 - 1974
Fellows included E. Roland Bevan
1948 - 1968
Fellows included Josephine Alys Hermes de Vasconcellos
1948 - 1984
Fellows included Thomas Joseph Murphy
1949 - 1954
Fellows included Jess Lawson Peacey
1949 - 1963
Fellows included Siegfried Joseph Charoux
1949 - 1959
Wrote a letter of resignation in 1958
Fellows included Dora Gordine
1949
Fellows included William Scott Wilkinson
25 1949
Fellows included George Edgar Campbell
1951 - 1967
Fellows included Charlotte Ellen Gibson
1951 - 1976
Fellows included Denis Dunlop
1951
Fellows included Alan Lydiat Durst
1951
Fellows included Maggie Richardson Mitchell
1952 - 1953
Died in 1953.
Fellows included Arthur Stanley Young
1952 - 1963
Fellows included Mark Wilfred Batten
1952 - 1967
Fellows included Muriel Joyce Bidder
1952 - 1975
Fellows included Alfred Horace Gerrard
1952
Fellows included Wilfrid Edgar Dudeney
1952 - 1996
Fellows included Edith Mabel Gabriel
1955 - 1960
Fellows included Florence Ada Kendrick
1955 - 1960
Fellows included George Henry Ford
1955 - 1977
Fellows included Ivan Mitford-Barberton
1957 - 1961
Resigned c.1960-1
Fellows included Rosamund Mary Beatrice Fletcher
1957 - 1993
Fellows included Arthur John Fleischmann
1957 - 1990
Fellows included Alan Bridgwater
1961 - 1962
Fellows included Edgar Silver Frith
1961 - 1974
Fellows included George Victor Haywood
1961 - 1968
Gave award to Ernest George Gillick
1935
Recieved medal [fifty-second annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, 1936, p.15].
Gave award to James Wedgwood
1943
Wedgwood recieved the Silver Medal of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [Sixtieth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.8].
Honorary members included Alfred Gilbert
2 March 1905 (Presumed) - 1934 (Presumed)
Died in 1934.
Honorary members included David McGill
1923 - 1947
Died in 1947.
Honorary members included Mark Rogers Junior
1929 - 1933 (Circa)
Thought to have died in 1933 [List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Honorary members included (Alfred) Adrian Jones
1932 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Honorary members included William Banbury
1935 - 1966
Honorary members included Arthur George Walker
1936 - 1939
Died in 1939.
Honorary members included George Hardie
1939 - 1952
Died in 1952.
Honorary members included Frank Arnold Wright
1942 - 1961
Died in 1961.
Honorary members included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1943 - 1944
Died in 1944.
Honorary members included Albert Arthur Toft
1943 - 1949
Died in 1949.
Honorary members included Stanley Nicholson Babb
1945 - 1957
Died in 1957.
Honorary members included Benjamin Clemens
1946 - 1957 (Presumed)
Died in 1957.
Honorary members included Frederick John Wilcoxson
1947 - 1950
Honorary members included Alexander Proudfoot
1950 - 1957
Died in 1957.
Honorary members included Allan Gairdner Wyon
1950 - 1956 (Circa)
Resigned before 1956.
Honorary members included William Goscombe John
1951 - 1952
Died in 1952.
Honorary members included Thomas John Clapperton
1951 - 1962 (Presumed)
Honorary members included William Reid Dick
1955 - 1961
Honorary members included Percy Bryant Baker
1964 (Presumed)
May have become honorary fellow in 1964[List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Honorary members included William McMillan
1964 - 1977
Died in 1977.
Honorary secretary was Frank Lynn Jenkins
1904 - 1919
Moved to USA in 1919.
Honorary secretary was Thomas Mewburn Crook
1940 - 1945
Honorary secretary was Thomas Joseph Murphy
1949
Served for a period of four months.
Honorary treasurer was Charles Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge
1904 - 1911
Voted in pro-tern at meeeting on 10 January 1910 [Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Honorary treasurer was Thomas Brock
1919 - 1922
Died in 1922.
Honorary treasurer was Frederick William Pomeroy
1922
Honorary treasurer was Charles Leonard Hartwell
1924 - 1936
Was temporary honorary treasurer in 1924, then honorary treasurer from 1924-1936.
Honorary treasurer was Thomas Mewburn Crook
1937 - 1944
Was temorary honorary treasurer in 1937 before becoming honorary treasurer in 1938. Crook was forced to retire from this role after a new rule was passed in 1944, which stipulated that a five year limit should be imposed on the position.
Honorary treasurer was Edgar Allan Howes
1943
Honorary treasurer was Herbert Harry Cawood
1944 - 1946
Honorary treasurer was Albert C. Carter
1947 - 1958
Honorary treasurer was E. Roland Bevan
1958 - 1961
Issued membership invitation to Henry Hugh Armstead
10 January 1905 - 2 March 1905
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905]. Declined to join 'for private reasons' [2 March 1905]. Is perhaps worth noting that letter of invitation [included in minutes] states cost of annual subscription as £1 11s 6d. Was then recommended for Honorary Membership
[Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Abraham Broadbent
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Mortimer John Brown
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Blake
3 April 1905 (Circa)
Letter from Mr Blake, senior, read out at meeting on 3 April 1905, in which he enquired whether his son might be elected a member of the Society. The secretary was directed to send a form of application and nomination [Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, No.I].
Issued membership invitation to Alfred Gilbert
10 January 1905 - 2 March 1905
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905]. Declined to join 'for private reasons' [2 March 1905]. Is perhaps worth noting that letter of invitation [included in minutes] states cost of annual subscription as £1 11s 6d. Was then recommended by council for Honorary Membership [Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Ernest Fuller Fabian
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Mervyn Lawrence
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Charles James Pibworth
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Harold Parker
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Issued membership invitation to Thomas Mewburn Crook
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Issued membership invitation to John Singer Sargent
10 January 1905 - 2 March 1905
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905]. Transpired that he was ineligible to become an ordinary member due to his American citizenship [2 March 1905]. Was then recommended by council for Honorary membership [Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Issued membership invitation to William White
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Francis John Williamson
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Issued membership invitation to Frederick Richard Thomas
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Issued membership invitation to Reginald Fairfax Wells
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Issued membership invitation to Frederick Rogers
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Issued membership invitation to Richard Henry Albert Willis
3 April 1905
Was added to list of those 'to be recommended to the General Meeting for election without the formality of proposal', following recommendation by Sheppard [Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, No.I].
Issued membership invitation to Thomas Tyrrell
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to Onslow Ernest Whiting
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Issued membership invitation to Bridgman-Metchim
5 February 1906
Wrote to the Society to ask whether he might become a candidate for membership; he knew only one member [Edwin Roscoe Mullins] and so would be unable to pass through the ususal process. Society wrote back to ask 'as to particulars of his career' [5 February 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Issued membership invitation to George James Frampton
1923
Refused honorary membership in 1923 [List of members: Royal British Society of Sculptors]
Lecturers included Balcarres (also Earl of Crawford and Balcarres)
18 November 1912 (Presumed)
Was asked by the Society to give a lecture [18 November 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]
Lecturers included John Seymour Lucas
18 November 1912 (Presumed)
Was asked by the Society to give a lecture on 'Armour' [18 November 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]
Lecturers included Halsey Ricardo
21 April 1913 (Presumed)
Was asked by Poole to give a lecture for the Society [21 April 1913, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]
Lecturers included Edward Schroder Prior
1923
Delivered a lecture on 'Medieval Sculpture as Criticism of Modern Sculpture'.
Lecturers included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1923
Lectured on 'Sculpture in Relation to Architecture'.
Lecturers included E. A. Gardiner
24 October 1924
Delivered a lecture on 'Greek Sculpture'.
Lecturers included J. Wilson
28 January 1925
Delivered a lecture on 'Tradition and Art - A Problem in Sculpture'.
Lecturers included Thomas Wilson
6 December 1927
Delivered a lecture on 'Sculpture and Tradition - The Movement of Revolt'.
Lecturers included Ramsay MacDonald
12 March 1929
Delivered a lecture on 'The Art of Sculpture'.
Lecturers included Corlette
4 April 1934
Delivered a lecture on 'The Archibald Memorial Fountain Sydney, Australia, and other Fountains'.
Members included Charles John Allen
1904 - 1956 (Presumed)
Members included Thomas Brock
1904 - 1922
Founding member, served as Treasurer until 1922, donated £500 pounds to the Society on his death
Members included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1904 - 1944
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included George James Frampton
1904 - 1914
Had been member of council but requested that his name should not be forwarded for re-election [1 March 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Resigned in 1914, and a letter was sent to Frampton to ask him to reconsider.
Members included William Silver Frith
1904 - 1924
Members included Henry Charles Fehr
1904 - 1940
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1940.
Members included William Goscombe John
1904 - 1914
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Had been council member but asked in 1909 that his name should not be forwarded for re-election [4 January 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Resigned in 1914 only to rejoin as a fellow in 1929.
Members included Charles Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge
1904 - 1911
Members included David McGill
1904 - 1914
Members included Frank Lynn Jenkins
1904 - 1923 (Circa)
Coonfimed resignation in 1923.
Members included Albert Arthur Toft
1904 - 1949
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1904 - 1943
Members included Thomas Stirling Lee
1904 - 1916
Had been council member but asked in 1909 that his name should not be forwarded for re-election [4 January 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Died in 1916.
Members included Arthur George Walker
1904 - 1939
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Francis Derwent Wood
1904 - 1922
Had been council member but asked in 1909 that his name should not be forwarded for re-election [4 January 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Died in 1922.
Members included Henry Hugh Armstead
1905
Died in 1905.
Members included Frank Bowcher
1905 - 1922
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Stanley Nicholson Babb
1905 - 1957
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Gilbert William Bayes
1905 - 1953
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1953.
Members included William Robert Colton
1905 - 1921
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1921.
Members included Benjamin Clemens
1905 - 1957 (Presumed)
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1957.
Members included Conrad Gustave d'Huc Dressler
1905 - 1920
Members included John Henry Monsell Furse
1905 - 1914
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Henry Gunthorp
1905 - 1914
Members included John Hughes
1905 - 1915
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Henry Richard Hope-Pinker
1905 - December 1918
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Charles Leonard Hartwell
1905 - 1951
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1951.
Members included Hibbert Charles Binney
1905 - 1920
Members included Harry Dixon
1905 - 1924
Members included Basil Gotto
1905 - 1921 (Circa)
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Re-joined after 1921 and then resigned in 1923. Re-joined again as an associate.
Members included Edouard Lanteri
1905 - 1917
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1917.
Members included James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
1905 - 1917
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Edwin Roscoe Mullins
1905 - 1907
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
1905 - 1925
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1925.
Members included (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal
1905 - 1922
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Had been council member but asked in 1909 that his name should not be forwarded for re-election [4 January 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Members included Paul Raphael Montford
1905 - 1938
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1938.
Members included Horace Montford
1905 - 1908
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Frederick William Pomeroy
1905 - 1924
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. The 1924 'Annual Report' records that Pomeroy resigned from the Society 'at the time of the unfortunate contre-temps in 1914' but he set aside his personal feelings and re-joined in 1919.
Members included Henry Alfred Pegram
1905 - 1909
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Resigned in 1909 [see separate entry].
Members included Henry Poole
1905 - 1928
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1928.
Members included Alfred Bertram Pegram
1905 - 1941
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1941.
Members included George Blackall Simonds
1905 - 7 February 1910
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Resigned in 1910 [see separate entry] only to rejoin in 1921.
Members included James Havard Thomas
1905 - 1914
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Resigned in 1914.
Members included John Tweed
1905 - 1915
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Oliver Sheppard
1905 - 1930
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included John Macallan Swan
1905 - 1910
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1910.
Members included William Hamo Thornycroft
1905 - 1925
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1925.
Members included Frank Mowbray Taubman
1905 - 1920
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]
Members included Oliver Wheatley
1905 (Presumed) - 7 December 1908
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Seems to have become member and then tried to resign in February 1907, at which point his resignation was not accepted [No reason stated, 7 February 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Resigned in 1908 [see separate entry]. Rejoined in 1914.
Members included Robert Stark
1905
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. End date of membership unknown.
Members included Alfred Turner
1905 - 1940
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Died in 1940.
Members included William Blake Richmond
1905 - 1920
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Mark Rogers Junior
1905 - 1929 (Circa)
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Rogers resigned in 1929, and was made an Honorary Retired Member.
Members included William George Simmonds
1905
Seems to have resigned before 1923.
Members included George Wilson
1905
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Seems to have resigned before 1923 though exact date unknown.
Members included Charles Beacon
1906 - 1920 (Circa)
Note that Beacon resigned in 1917 whilst he was serving in the army [Minute Book No. 2, 16 October, 1917].
Members included Abraham Broadbent
1906 - 1919
Died in 1919.
Members included Mortimer John Brown
1906 - 1927
Members included John Cunthorp
1906
Seems to have resigned before 1919, but exact date unknown.
Members included Alexander Fisher
1906 - 1924
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Ernest George Gillick
1906 - 1914
Resigned in 1914 only to rejoin as Associate in 1938.
Members included Richard Reginald Goulden
1906 - 1932
Died in 1932.
Members included Frederick James Halnon
1906 - 1944
Resigned due to sickness in 1944.
Members included John Hutchison
1906 - 1907
Was elected member but, failing to respond to notice of such from the society, was removed from list of members (18 February 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, vol. I).
Members included Vincent Hill
1906 - 1920
The 1920 Annual Report notes that Hill was removed from the list of members 'in conformity with Article 15 of the Articles Association' in that year. Retiring member in 1967.
Members included Albert Bruce Joy
1906 - 21 November 1910
Resigned in 1910 [see separate entry].
Members included Mervyn Lawrence
1906 - 1915
Resigned in 1915, owing to 'other calls upon is resources'.
Members included Henry Price
1906 - 1922
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Harold Parker
1906 - 1926
Members included Harry (Henry) Wilson
1906 - 1920
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Statutory notice of expulsion given in 1920. [List of members, Royal Society of British Sculptors]
Members included John Wenlock Rollins
1906 - 1921
Amongst the suggested second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]: but name removed from list following further discussion at next meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Thomas Tyrrell
1906 - 1919 (Circa)
May have ended membership in 1923, date of his death [List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Members included Charles Rutland
1906 - 1922
Members included Archibald Macfarlane Shannan
1906 - 16 January 1911
Resigned in 1911 [see separate entry].
Members included Benjamin Sheppard
1906 - 1910
Wrote to Society in 1908 to ask that his membership be suspended, since he 'had to go abroad for his health, [and] was quite unable to practice his profession, or pay his subscription'. Suspension approved [2 March 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Reuben Sheppard
1906 - 1920
Members included William Grant Stevenson
1906 - 1907
Was eleected member but, failing to respond to notice of such from the society, was removed from list of members [18 February 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included George Edward Wade
1906 - 1927
In 1927 it is recorded that Wade was struck off the roll of members for non-payment of subscriptions.
Members included Frank Arnold Wright
1906 - 1961
Died in 1961.
Members included Arthur Stanley Young
1906 - 1968
Resigned in 1927; rejoined as associate in 1952. Retired in 1968.
Members included Albert Hemstock Hodge
1907 - 1917
Died in 1917.
Members included B. Jagan
1907 (Circa)
Members included Leonard Jennings
1907 - 1923
Resignation confirmed in 1923. Jennings resigned temporarily in 1917 whilst he was serving in the army [Minute Book No. 2, 16 October, 1917].
Members included Charles James Pibworth
1907 - 1936 (Circa)
'Name was retained on the Roll of Members without the usual priviledges of members until at least 1939' [List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Members included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1907 - 1952
Retired in 1952.
Members included Fane Frank Fleming Baxter
1908 - 1942
Members included Sidney Nicholson Boyes
1908 - 1929
Name removed from list of members for 3 months in 1928 [reason unspecified].
Members included Thomas Mewburn Crook
1908 - 1949
Died in 1949.
Members included William Bateman Fagan
1908 - 1948
Died in 1948.
Members included Herbert Hampton
1908 - 1916
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Members included Frederick Brook Hitch
1908 - 1957
Hitch was awarded the 'order of the Rose Smith Memorial for Australia' in c. 1924. See 'Annual Report, 1924', (1925), p. 6.
Members included David Burns Brown
1908 - 1910
Resigned in 1910 [see separate entry].
Members included James Nesfield Forsyth
1908 - 1910
Members included Herbert William Ward
1908 - 1919
Died in 1919.
Members included George Alexander
1909 - 1942
Members included Richard Louis Garbe
1909 - 1957
Note that in 1920, Garbe was removed from the list of members 'in conformity with Article 15 of the Articles Association'
Members included Cecil Hew Brown
1909 - 1926
Died in 1926.
Members included William Kellock Brown
1909 - 1934
Died in 1934.
Members included Leonard Stanford Merrifield
1909 - 1943
Members included Frederick Richard Thomas
1909 - 1912
Members included James Alexander Stevenson
1909 - 1937
Members included Samuel William Ward Willis
1909 - 1948
Members included George Duncan MacDougald
1909 - 1923
Nomination discussed on 4 January 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1. He resigned in 1923.
Members included Robert Lindsey Clark
1910 - 1926
Died in 1926.
Members included George Hardie
1910 - 1952
Died in 1952.
Members included Joseph Else
1910 - 1955
Members included Edward George Bramwell
1911 - 3 April 1928
Resigned from the society on the 3 April, 1928.
Members included Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman
1911 - 1944
Died in 1944.
Members included Frederick Thomas Callcott
1911 - 1923
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Actually nominated and joined in 1911. Died in 1923.
Members included William Banbury
1911 - 1966
Members included Francis William Sargant
1911 - 1920
Members included Charles Vyse
1911 - 1930
Vyse was removed from the Roll of Members in 1930 for non-payment of subscriptions.
Members included Mervyn Herapath
1912
Candidature considered on 19 February 1912; name put forward to the next general meeting [19 February 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Duration of membership unknown.
Members included (Alfred) Adrian Jones
1912 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Members included Percy Bryant Baker
1913 - 1923 (Presumed)
Requested to pay arrears in 1923 [List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Members included George Frederick Morris Harding
1913 - 1932
Proposal seems to have been received in 1912; more career information and examples of work requested [19 February 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Candidature considered further [18 March 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Was passed on finally following supporting letter from Goscombe John [15 April 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Members included Thomas John Clapperton
1913 - 1962
Members included Robert Jackson Emerson
1913 - 1944
Died in 1944.
Members included Courtenay Edward Maxwell Pollock
1913 (Circa) - 1933
May have joined in 1914; note that photographs were requested to support application in May 1913 [19 May 1913, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. In 1927 it is recorded that Pollock was struck off the roll of members for non-payment of subscriptions.
Members included Frank Gatter
1914 - 1935
Members included John Cassidy
1914 - 1930
Members included Louis Frederick vai Roselieb (Roslyn)
1914 - 1938 (Circa)
Name was retained on the roll of members until at least 1939; removed in 1940 [List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Members included Newbury Abbot Trent
1914 - 1925
First nominated for Membership in 1913 by W. G. John and D. McGill.
Members included Oliver Wheatley
1914 - 1923
Was then member until 1923.
Members included John Edward Hyett
1915 - 1936
Nominated in 1915 by F. D. Wood and J. E. Stevenson. Died in 1936.
Members included William Reid Dick
1915 - 1961
Members included Edwin Whitney-Smith
1915 - 1952
Nominated by W. R. Stephens and B. Mackennal.
Had break in membership between 1922 and 1928, and at some point between 1928 and 1935. Died in 1952.
In 1928 Whitney-Smith asked to re-join the society and was reinstated.
Members included Harry Keast
1916 - 1923
Members included Joseph Brumwell Petch
1916 - 1918
Died in 1918.
Members included Edmund Thomas Wyatt Ware
1916 - 1960
Nominated in December 1915 by F. Derwent Wood and Alfred Turner. Associate member 1923-31. Break in membership between 1932 and 1939. Died in 1960.
Members included Alfred Frank Hardiman
25 January 1918 (Presumed) - 1949
Hardiman's application for membership was proposed by A. F. Hardiman and seconded by A. Drury. Died in 1949.
Members included John Angel
1919 - 1936
Angel's application for membership was proposed by W. R. Stephens, and seconded by R. Colton.
Members included Percy George Bentham
1919 - 1936
Died in 1936.
Members included Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
1919 - 1951
Died in 1951.
Members included Francis William Doyle Jones
1919 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Members included Frederick William Pomeroy
1919 - 1924
Died in 1924.
Members included Allan Gairdner Wyon
1919 - 1956 (Circa)
Resigned before 1956.
Wyon's first application for membership was proposed by W. R. Stephens and seconded by Gilbert Bayes. Wyon is listed in the 1919 Annual Report as a new member.
Members included Frederick William Pomeroy
1919
Members included David Alexander Francis
1920 - 1930
Died in 1930.
Members included Charles Edward Whiffen
1920 - 1927
In 1927 it is recorded that Whiffen has been struck off the roll of members for non-payment of subscriptions.
Members included Onslow Ernest Whiting
1920 - 1931
Amongst the second wave of those invited to join 'without further nomination' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Did not join until 1920
Members included Alexander R. Fraser
1921 - 1953
Break in membership between 1928 and 1948. Died in 1953.
Members included Edgar Allan Howes
1921 - 1964
Members included Charles Sargeant Jagger
1921 - 1934
Died in 1934.
Members included (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
1921 - 1963
Members included Gilbert Ledward
1921 - 1960
Died in 1960.
Members included Alfred James Oakley
1921 - 1952
Retired in 1952.
Members included George Blackall Simonds
1921 - 1929 (Presumed)
Died in 1929
Members included Frederick John Wilcoxson
1921 - 1950
Members included Harold James Youngman
1921 - 1967
Members included Feodora Maud Georgina Gleichen
1922
First woman member (posthumous).
Members included Christine Gregory
1922 - 1960
Members included Edwin Arthur Huskinson
1922 - 1925
Members included David Burns Brown
1922
Rejoined as member.
Members included Alexander James Leslie
1922 - 1923
Members included Florence Ada Kendrick
1922 - 1960
Asked for a short suspension of membership in 1942 because of the war but reestablished after a few months.
Members included Alexander Proudfoot
1922 - 1957
Died in 1957.
Members included (George) Rayner Hoff
1923 - 1937
Died in 1937.
Members included James Arthur Woodford
1934 - 1968
A.R.B.S., 1934/5; F.R.B.S., 1938-68
Members included Edwin Whitney-Smith
1935
Became fellow in 1938.
Members included William James Bloye
1938
Elected as a 'Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors'. Had been an associate member from 1934. See 'Honour for Mr. William Bloye', Birmingham Post, 15 June, 1938, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 29, pp. 8-9.
Members included Edmund Thomas Wyatt Ware
1939
Became fellow in 1943.
Members included Julian Phelps Allan
1945 - 1947
Became fellow in 1947.
Members included George Henry Paulin
1945 - 1959
Rejoined as Associate in 1945 and was then Fellow from 1946-1959.
Members included Thomas Joseph Murphy
1946 - 1949
Rejoined as assocaite in 1946; became fellow in 1949.
Members included Samuel William Ward Willis
1946 - 1948 (Circa)
Died in 1948.
Members included William Hargreaves Whitehead
1946 - 1971
Members included Ivan Mitford-Barberton
1947 - 1961
Members included Alexander R. Fraser
1948 - 1953
Died in 1953.
Members included Laurence Henderson Bradshaw
1968 - 1978
Members of committee included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1921 - 1922
Elected to serve on the Exhibitions Committee
Members of committee included Alexander Fisher
1921 - 1922
Elected to serve on the Exhibitions Committee.
Members of committee included Paul Raphael Montford
1921 - 1922
Elected to serve on the Exhibitions Committee.
Members of committee included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1921 - 1922
Elected to serve on the Exhibitions Committee.
Members of committee included Francis Derwent Wood
1921 - 1922
Elected to serve on the Exhibitions Committee.
Members of council included William Robert Colton
December 1919
Members of council included George Edgar Campbell
1949
Members of council included Paul Raphael Montford
15 May 1911 - 1922
Was elected to fill position left when MacGillivray resigned from council [15 May 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Listed as a Member of the Council from 1919 onwards
Members of council included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1919 (Presumed) - December 1919
Served as a Member of the Council in 1919, and from 1928
Members of council included William Silver Frith
1919 (Presumed) - 1923
Members of council included Charles Leonard Hartwell
1919 (Presumed) - 1936
Served as a Member of the Council from 1919 to 1931. From 1925, he served as Treasurer and later became Honorary Treasurer, a position he held until 1936, when he resigned owing to illness
Members of council included Alfred Bertram Pegram
1919 (Presumed) - 1940
Served as a Member of the Council from c. 1919 to 1920, and from 1938
Members of council included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1919 (Presumed)
Members of council included Richard Reginald Goulden
1919 (Presumed) - 1926
Served as a Member of the Council from 1919 to 1921, and from 1924 to 1926
Members of council included Albert Arthur Toft
1919 (Presumed) - 1929
Served as a member of the Council from 1919 to 1921, and from 1928 to 1929
Members of council included Thomas Mewburn Crook
1919 (Presumed) - 1944
Served as a member of the Council from 1919 to 1924. The 1924 'Annual Report' notes that Crook 'felt it necessary to resign, for family reasons, which prevented his attendance'. From 1929 to 1930 he resumed this position. He served again from 1936, and was also Treasurer from c. 1937 to 1939. Crook served again on the Council from 1944
Members of council included Stanley Nicholson Babb
1920 - 1944
Served as a Member of the Council from 1920 to 1922, and from 1924 to 1925. In 1929 he was re-elected but was 'unable to accept office'. He served again from 1941, and retired in 1944
Members of council included William Reid Dick
1920 - 1944
Served as a Member of the Council from 1920 to 1928, and from 1942
Members of council included Alexander Fisher
1920 - 1924
Members of council included Leonard Stanford Merrifield
1921 - 1942
Served as a Member of the Council from 1921 to 1924, from 1929 to 1935, and from 1938
Members of council included Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
1921 - 1936
Served as a Member of the Council from 1921 to 1923, and from 1935
Members of council included Henry Charles Fehr
29 December 1921 - 1923
Members of council included Thomas John Clapperton
1922 - 1924
Members of council included Charles Sargeant Jagger
1922 - 1928
Served as a Member of the Council from 1922-1923, and from 1927 to 1928. By March 1929, Jagger had resigned from the Council 'owing to pressure of work'
Members of council included Frederick William Pomeroy
1922 - 1923
Members of council included Gilbert William Bayes
1923 - 1935
Members of council included George Alexander
1923 - 1940
Served as a member of the Council from 1923 to 1928, and from 1931
Members of council included Allan Gairdner Wyon
1924 - 1929
Members of council included Benjamin Clemens
1924 (Presumed) - 1944
Served as a member of the Council from 1924 to 1927, from 1938 to 1939, and from 1941 to 1944
Members of council included Alfred Turner
1924 - 1925
Members of council included Joseph Else
March 1925 - 1938
Served as a Member of the Council from 1925 to 1927, from 1932 to 1934, from 1936 to 1938, and from 1940.
Members of council included Gilbert Ledward
1925 - 1950
Served as a member of the Council from 1925 to 1927, and from 1948
Members of council included Henry Poole
1926 - 1927
Members of council included James Alexander Stevenson
1926 - 1936
Served as a member of the Council from 1926 to 1927, and from 1929 onwards.
Members of council included Frederick Brook Hitch
1928 - 1945
Served as a member of the Council from 1928 to 1935, from 1938 to 1940, and from 1943
Members of council included Edgar Allan Howes
1929 - 1947
Served as a member of the Council from 1924 to 1934, and again from 1941
Members of council included Alfred James Oakley
1929 - 1940
Served as a member of the Council from 1929 to 1932, and from 1940
Members of council included Walter Marsden
1930 - 1946
Served as a member of the Council from 1930 to 1932, from May 1935 to 1936 and again from 1944
Members of council included Percy George Bentham
1931 - 1935
Members of council included (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
1931 - 1936
Members of council included Richard Louis Garbe
1931 - 1934
Members of council included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1933 - May 1935
Resigned his position owing to illness in his family
Members of council included Alfred Frank Hardiman
1935 - 1947
Served as a member of the Council from 1935 to 1936, and from 1945
Members of council included George Henry Paulin
2 April 1935 - 1950
Served as a member of the Council from 1935 to 1936, and from 1950.
Members of council included Harold Brownsword
1938 (Probable) - 1951
No report available for 1937. Listed as a member of the Council from 1938 to 1940, from 1942 to 1944, 1946 to 1947, and from 1949 onwards
Members of council included Charles Leighfield Jonah Doman
1938 (Probable) - 1939
Members of council included Kathleen (Edith Agnes) Scott
1938 (Presumed) - 1946
Served as a member of the Council from 1938 to 1939, and from 1945
Members of council included William Charles Holland King
1938 (Presumed) - 1945
Served as a member of the Council from 1938 to 1941, and from 1943
Members of council included Charles Thomas Wheeler
1938 (Presumed) - 1942
Members of council included John Francis Kavanagh
1940 - 1942
Members of council included James Arthur Woodford
1940 - 1949
Served as a member of the Council in 1940, from 1944 to 1946, and from 1948
Members of council included Jason Woodford
1941
Members of council included Margaret J. Wrightson
1941 - 1944
Members of council included Harold James Youngman
1941
Elected to the Council in 1941 in place of Joseph Else who was unable to take up the membership
Members of council included Winifred Turner
1942 - 1944
Members of council included Albert C. Carter
1942 - 1944
Members of council included Charles William Dyson-Smith
1943 - 1945
Members of council included Anne Crawford Acheson
1944
Members of council included Herbert Harry Cawood
1944 - 1946
Members of council included Muriel Wheeler
1946 - 1948
Members of council included Herbert William Palliser
1946 - 1948
Members of council included Edmund Thomas Wyatt Ware
1946 - 1947
Members of council included James Wedgwood
1946 - 1948
Members of council included E. Roland Bevan
1946 - 1948
Members of council included Rosamund Mary Beatrice Fletcher
1946
Members of council included William Hargreaves Whitehead
1946
Members of council included (Henry) Eric John Doudney
1946 - 1949
Members of council included George A. Holman
1946 - 1949
Members of council included Cecil Walter Thomas
1947 - 1949
Members of council included Harold Wilson Parker
1948 - 1949
Members of council included (Arthur) Barney Seale
1948 - 1949
Members of council included Siegfried Joseph Charoux
1949 - 1951
Members of council included J. Banner
1949 - 1951
Members of council included Edward Bainbridge Copnall
1949 - 1951
Members of council included Charles Walter Edward Lewis
1950 - 1951
Members of council included E. Shone-Jones
1950 - 1951
Members of council included Arthur James John Ayres
1951
Members of council included Philip Lindsey Clark
1951
Members of council included Alan Lydiat Durst
1951
Members of council included Charlotte Ellen Gibson
1951
Members of council included Thomas Bayliss Huxley- Jones
1951
Members of council included Laurence Henderson Bradshaw
March 1969
Motion proposed by Charles Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Lawes-Wittewronge 'gave notice to move at the next council meeting: That it be recommended to the General Meeting that ladies be eligible for membership. Mr Frampton would second the notion' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.1]. The motion was lost at the meeting on the following meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.1]
Motion seconded by George James Frampton
2 March 1905 - 3 April 1905
Lawes-Wittewronge 'gave notice to move at the next council meeting: That it be recommended to the General Meeting that ladies be eligible for membership. Mr Frampton would second the notion' [2 March 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.1]. The motion was lost at the meeting on the following meeting [3 April 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.1]
Presidents included Thomas Brock
1905 - 1909
First presidency. Stood down from position in 1908; left it in 1909 [see resignation entry].
Presidents included Charles Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge
1909 - 1911
Died in 1911.
Presidents included Thomas Brock
9 October 1911 - 20 November 1911
Agreed to act as temporary president following the sudden death of Lawes-Wittewronge. Stood in until George Frampton was elected President the following month [9 October 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Presidents included George James Frampton
20 November 1911 - February 1914
See also resignation relationship
Presidents included Thomas Brock
1914 - 1919
Second presidency. Took over as President after the resignation of George Frampton and the Council after a stormy meeting on 27 February 1914. This followed a vote of censure passed at an Extraordinary Meeting of the RBS (16 January 1914) criticising the RBS Council for their support of James Havard Thomas and his actions re a commission for ten marble sculptures to fill empty niches and pedestals in the staircase hall of Cardiff City Hall.
Presidents included William Robert Colton
1920 - November 1921
Died in 1921
Presidents included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
27 February 1922 - 1933
In the 'Annual Report, 1932', (1933), (Royal Society of British Sculptors), it is noted that Stephens 'has announced that he will not stand for re-election. Having served for eleven years, he feels it to be in the interests of the Society to have a younger President'. In 1934 he presented 'a massive two-handled silver loving cup to the Society, which was gratefully accepted by the members'. See 'Annual Report, 1933', (1934).
Presidents included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
22 January 1925
Presidents included William Reid Dick
29 March 1933 - 1938
Presidents included Gilbert William Bayes
1938 - 1944
'Re-elected President' of the Society in 1942, according to the Fifty-nifth annual report of the committee of the Art Workers' Guild, p.7.
Bayes was forced to retire from this position due to a new rule that was passed in 1944, which stipulated that a five year limit should be imposed on the Presidency.
Presidents included Charles Thomas Wheeler
4 April 1945 - 1949
Presidents included William Charles Holland King
March 1949 - 1954
Presidents included Harold Wilson Parker
1953 - 1958
Presidents included Gilbert Ledward
1954 - 1956
Presidents included Mark Wilfred Batten
1956 - 1961
Presidents included Philip Lindsey Clark
1958 - 1959
Presidents included Edward Bainbridge Copnall
1961 - 1966
Presidents included Wilfrid Edgar Dudeney
1971 - 1975
Received application from R. Smeaton Douglas
15 May 1911
Sent a request to be placed on the list of candidates, together with photographs of his work, asking that the formality of nominations be waived since he was personally unacquainted with any member of the society. The Society could not waive the regulation and sent a letter to that effect [15 May 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Received resignation from James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
15 May 1911
Resigned from council [15 May 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Note that MacGillivray must have re-joined the society between 1912 and 1917, as he is recorded as having resigned again in 1917 [20 May, 1917].
Received resignation from Horace Montford
7 December 1908
Letter of resignation recieved with regret [7 December 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Received resignation from Oliver Wheatley
7 December 1908
Resigned in 1908 due to inability to pay subscription. Sent five shillings together with his resignation; the Society returned these with a note to the effect that, in better times, he might re-join the society. [7 December 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Rejoined in 1914.
Received resignation from Thomas Brock
5 April 1909
Stood down from his first presidency of the society in 1908. Gave up due to poor health earlier in the year and the need to 'devote his undivided energy to the great task which he had still to complete'. He also felt that it would be good for the Society to have fresh leadership. Society requested that he keep close relation with them and preside over meetings until the end of the session, requests to which Brock agreed [1 June 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1]. Resigned properly the following spring [5 April 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Received resignation from Henry Alfred Pegram
4 August 1909
'Resigned his membership of the society in order that he might be free to contribute to the Liverpool exhibition [4 August 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Received resignation from Albert Bruce Joy
21 November 1910 (Circa)
Joy wrote to the Royal Society of British Sculptors expressing his intention of exhibiting at the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition and offering to resign if appropriate; Society suggested that he should resign [21 November 1910, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Received resignation from David Burns Brown
21 November 1910
Resigned due to inability to pay subscription; the society expressed the hope that he might soon be in a position to rejoin [21 November 1910, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Received resignation from George Blackall Simonds
7 February 1910
Letter of resignation accepted with regret [7 February 1910, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Received resignation from Archibald Macfarlane Shannan
16 January 1911
Resigned in 1911; letter recieved with regret [16 January 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Received resignation from George James Frampton
February 1914
He resigned as President (together with several members of the Council) after a stormy meeting on 27 February 1914. This followed a vote of censure passed at an Extraordinary Meeting of the RBS (16 January 1914) criticising the RBS Council for their support of James Havard Thomas and his actions re a commission for ten marble sculptures to fill empty niches and pedestals in the staircase hall of Cardiff City Hall. Frampton and his colleagues severed connections with the RBS until 1926 when it transpired that Frampton had been acting on the direct request of the patron, Lord Rhondda. The vote of censure was then expunged.
Received resignation from James Havard Thomas
February 1914
He resigned from the RBS (together with the President, George Frampton, and several members of the Council) after a stormy meeting on 27 February 1914. This followed a vote of censure passed at an Extraordinary Meeting of the RBS (16 January 1914) criticising the RBS Council for their support of Thomas and his actions re a commission for ten marble sculptures to fill empty niches and pedestals in the staircase hall of Cardiff City Hall. The quarrel was resolved after Thomas's death (1926) when it transpired that Frampton had been acting on the direct request of the patron, Lord Rhondda. The vote of censure was then expunged.
Received resignation from William Goscombe John
February 1914 - February
He resigned from the RBS (together with the President, George Frampton, and several members of the Council) after a stormy meeting on 27 February 1914. This followed a vote of censure passed at an Extraordinary Meeting of the RBS (16 January 1914) criticising the RBS Council for their support of James Havard Thomas and his actions re a commission for ten marble sculptures to fill empty niches and pedestals in the staircase hall of Cardiff City Hall. The quarrel was resolved in 1926 when it transpired that Frampton had been acting on the direct request of the patron, Lord Rhondda. The vote of censure was then expunged.
Received resignation from Frederick William Pomeroy
February 1914
He resigned from the RBS (together with the President, George Frampton, and several members of the Council) after a stormy meeting on 27 February 1914. This followed a vote of censure passed at an Extraordinary Meeting of the RBS (16 January 1914) criticising the RBS Council for their support of James Havard Thomas and his actions re a commission for ten marble sculptures to fill empty niches and pedestals in the staircase hall of Cardiff City Hall. Pomeroy rejoined in 1919, several years before the quarrel was fully resolved.
Received resignation from Frank Lynn Jenkins
December 1914
Resigned from the Council in protest at Havard Thomas's acceptance of the Cardiff Committee's decision to abandon an open competition for statuary in Cardiff City Hall and to appoint him as sole selector instead. Later continued his opposition to the Council and participant in meetings in January and February 1914 that led to the resignation of the President and several prominent Council members
Requested loan from Macculloch
6 April 1908
The Society resolved to visit Mrs Macculloch 'to endeavour to obtain from her the loan of some pieces of sculpture for the Franco-British Exhibition' [6 April 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Unclear if visit was successful.
Vice-chaired by Gilbert William Bayes
1924
Was vice-chairman of council meetings in 1924 [List of members, Royal Society of British Sculptors].
Vice-patrons included Rutland
1923
Vice-patrons included Balcarres (also Earl of Crawford and Balcarres)
1923
Vice-patrons included Aston Webb
1923 (Presumed)
Vice-patrons included David Murray
1923
Vice-patrons included Walter Tapper
6 December 1927 (Circa)
Vice-patrons included Lee Fareham
6 December 1927
Vice-patrons included Gerald Kelly
1949
Vice-patrons included May Cippico
1951
Vice-presidents included William Robert Colton
1916 - 1919
Became President in 1920.
Vice-presidents included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1920 - 1921
Vice-presidents included Frederick William Pomeroy
1922 - 1924
Vice-presidents included William Hamo Thornycroft
1924 - 1925
Died in 1925.
Vice-presidents included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1925 - 1926
Vice-presidents included Gilbert William Bayes
1929 - 1937
Became president in 1938.
Vice-presidents included Charles Thomas Wheeler
1938 - 1942
Vice-presidents included William Charles Holland King
1943 - 1947
Vice-presidents included Edmund Thomas Wyatt Ware
31 March 1948 - 1953
Vice-presidents included Philip Lindsey Clark
1958 - 1959
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Artists Files: Royal Society of British Sculptors
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Society of British Sculptors Diploma [Associate], 14 May 1923 Nottingham Society of Artists: Joseph Else Material
14 May 1923
p. 1.
Royal Society of British Sculptors Diploma [Fellowship], 8 June 1938 Nottingham Society of Artists: Joseph Else Material
8 June 1938
p. 1.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council and Accounts For the Year ending 21 December 1922. To be Presented at the Eighteenth Ordinary General Meeting, 1923
26 February 1923
pp. 1-15.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1926, to be Presented at the Twenty-Second Ordinary General Meeting, 1927
February 1927
pp. 1-12.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1932, to be Presented at the Twenty-Ninth Ordinary General Meeting, 1933
March 1933
pp. 1-15.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1933, to be Presented at the Thirteenth Ordinary General Meeting, 1934
March 1934
pp. 1-15.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1934, to be Presented at the Thirty-First Ordinary General Meeting, 1935
March 1935
pp. 1-22.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1936, to be Presented at the Thirty-Third Ordinary General Meeting, 1937
March 1937
pp. 1-22.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1949, to be Presented at the Forty-Sixth Annual General Meeting, 1950
February 1950
pp. 1-12.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1950, to be Presented at the Forty-Seventh Annual General Meeting, 1951
February 1951
pp. 1-15.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, for the Year Ending 31 December 1951, to be Presented at the Forty-Eighth Annual General Meeting, 1952
February 1952
pp. 1-15.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1943, to be Presented at the Fortieth Ordinary General Meeting, 1944
March 1944
pp. 1-19.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 2, 1913-1922
1922 (Presumed)
Citing this record
'Royal Society of British Sculptors', 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/view/organization.php?id=msib2_1219747847, accessed 04 Dec 2023]
