Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
End Date: 1901
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 1,703 works exhibited.
£7,669 17s. 0d. receipts for sales.
61,816 visitors (based on paid admissions).
Policy: The exhibition was started in 1871 because 'The Library, Museum and Education Committee consider[ed] it desirable in the interests of Art [...]' (Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1871, p. 2). Its success was immediate. The receipts not only defrayed all costs but also '[...] supplied a handsome surplus to be devoted to the purposes of Art' (19th Annual Report, 1871, p. 5). As a result the autumn exhibition became an annual event.
The instructions issued to exhibitors were as follows:
'All works of Art intended for Exhibition (which must not have been previously exhibited in Liverpool) must be sent addressed to the Curator, Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool[...] Arrangements have been made to meet the convenience of Metropolitan Artists for the transmission of their Works, at their own cost and risk, through Mr. James Bourlet, 17 Nassau Street, Middlesex Hospital, London.
A note [...] must be sent by post, and addressed to the Curator at Liverpool, giving the prices [...] and describing the works ads they are meant to be inserted in the Catalogue (quotations and narratives will be subject to the approval of the Acting Committee). At the back of each [work] must be written in full the name and Address of the Artist, the Title of the Picture and Number (if there are more than one)[...] The strict attention of Artists to these regulations is earnestly requested, so as to ensure accuracy in the catalogue. The absence of the Price List frequently interferes with the sale of [works of art].
[...] A Commission of Five per Cent (upon the catalogue prices) will be charged upon all works sold whilst in the possession of the Committee, whether by the Artist or the Committee.
The Committee are not responsible for, nor do they encourage any offers for Works not made through the Local Secretary; and they will be happy to receive any intimations from contributing Artists that none but Catalogue Prices would be acceptable.
All Works contributed by Members or Associates of the Royal Academy that may be sold at this Exhibition, are purchased subject to the condition that the Artist be allowed to exhibit such Work at the ensuing Exhibition of the Academy, the purchase money to be paid at the close of the Local Exhibition.
The utmost care will be taken of all Works of Art sent for the Exhibition; but the Committee will not be responsible for any damage or injury, whether in transit or whilst under their control, caused by fire or otherwise' (Instructions from 'Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures', 1871, pp. 3-4).
Display Arrangement: Sculpture shown in rooms I, IV, V, VI, VII, X (majority of works shown here) and vestibule.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Exhibitors included Della Robbia Pottery and Marble Co. Ltd.
1901
Creation (cat. no. 1539, panel, £5 5s.); Mirror (cat. no. 1540, £6 6s.); Crown - Holy Water Font (cat. no. 1541, £3 3s.); Venite (cat. no. 1542, panel, £8 8s.); Plaque (cat. no. 1560, £1 12s. 6d.); Plaque (cat. no. 1561, £2 2s.); Pilgrim (cat. no. 1579, vase, £3 3s.); Pilgrim (cat. no. 1580, vase, £3 3s.); Harvest (cat. no. 1586, panel, £9 9s.); Old English Life (cat. no. 1587, £12 12s.); Gleaners (cat. no. 1588, panel, £9 9s.); Hammock (cat. no. 1600, panel, £10 10s.); Bathers (cat. no. 1601, panel, £8 8s.); Flower Bowl and Stand (cat. no. 1608, £10); St Francis of Assisi (cat. no. 1609, panel, £2 2s.); Pieta - Holy Water Font (cat. no. 1611, £3 3s.); Snake Vase (cat. no. 1618, £20); Plaque (cat. no. 1619, £3 3s.); Plaque (cat. no. 1620, £3 3s.); Urn (cat. no. 1625, £6); Jug (cat. no. 1631, £3 3s.); Vase (cat. no. 1638, £2 2s.); Vase (cat. no. 1640, £2 5s.); Dragon Vase (designed by Harold Rathbone, cat. no. 1642, £20); Mulberry Bush (cat. no. 1644, panel, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Norbury, Paterson and Co. Ltd.
1901
St Patrick's Day (cat. no. 1591, plaster low relief, £3 3s.); A Parody on the Boer War (cat. no. 1592, plaster low relief, £3 3s.); The First of April (cat. no. 1593, plaster low relief, £3 3s.).
Organized by Walker Art Gallery
1901
Participants
Exhibitors included Margaret Archer Houblon
Royal Artillery Team and Gun (cat. no. 1612, plaster group, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Henry Charles Fehr
1901
Pets (cat. no. 1523, plaster statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Robert Colton
1901
The Wavelet (cat. no. 1524, 'By rippling shadows of the lisping lake', bronze, sketch p. 120, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Henry Richard Hope-Pinker
1901
The late Sir Joseph Prestwich, FRS. Professor of Geology, University of Oxford (cat. no. 1525, marble bust, not for sale); Rev. Charles Beard (cat. no. 1526, marble bust, not for sale); A Nation's Sword of Honour (cat. no. 1566, bronzed plaster, not for sale). Presume also: Portrait (cat. no. 1567, bust, coloured plaster, not for sale); Cherub's Head (cat. no. 1568, clay, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
1901
A Sentinel (cat. no. 1527, bronze bust, £63); A Love Dream (cat. no. 1528, bronze bust, £78 15s.).
Exhibitors included Edward Onslow Ford
1901
Plaster Bust (cat. no. 1529, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Charles John Allen
1901
Dr Oliver Lodge, FRS. First Principal of the University of Birmingham (cat. no. 1530, marble bust, not for sale); William Rathbone, Esq. (cat. no. 1548, bronze bust, not for sale); Mrs Dowdall (cat. no. 1622, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included George James Frampton
1901
Martin Harvey as Sydney Carton in 'The Only Way' (cat. no. 1531, plaster cast (sketch p. 121), not for sale); Edward VI (cat. no. 1535, plaster statue, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Frederick William Pomeroy
1901
The late Bishop Ryle (cat. no. 1536, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Louis Joseph Convers
1901
Luxioriosa (cat. no. 1532, bronze, marble, onyx bust, not for sale); Salomée (cat. no. 1533, bronze, marble, mother of pearl statuette, not for sale); Nymph au Coquillage (cat. no. 1534, bronze, marble statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Hester Mabel White
1901
The Thoughts of Childhood (cat. no. 1537, marble bust, £42); The Sleep of Brünhilde (cat. no. 1633, copper panel, £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included John Wenlock Rollins
1901
Nydia (cat. no. 1538, head, marble, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Harold Steward Rathbone
1901
An Overmantel (designed by Miss Barker, cat. no. 1543, £21).
Exhibitors included George Frederick Morris Harding
1901
Sibylla (cat. no. 1544, bronzed plaster bust, for sale in bronze, £25).
Exhibitors included Dorothy Stanton Wise
1901
Joan of Arc at Domrémy (cat. no. 1545, statuette, £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included Alice Gates
1901
P. C. Gates, Esq., KC (cat. no. 1547, bronzed plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Albert Arthur Toft
1901
Philip James Bailey, author of 'Festus' (cat. no. 1550, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included (Mary Louisa) Hermione Unwin
1901
Miss Alice Ravenhill (cat. no. 1550a, plaster relief medallion, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Frederick Emil E. Schenck
1901
Summer (cat. no. 1551, corbel in spandril, plaster (sketch p. 119), not for sale); Autumn (corbel in spandril, plaster (sketch p. 119), not for sale).
Exhibitors included Henry Price
1901
Story of the Days of Llewellyn (cat. no. 1552, 'Llewellyn and his knights rode forth one day / To meet their foes in battle array. / This Knight wander e'en alone, / Felt sad at parting with his lady fair. / E'en the monks would follow in the rear / To give help if needs be, and good cheer', bronze relief, £45).
Exhibitors included Mark Rogers Junior
1901
Upper front of a cabinet (cat. no. 1553, oak, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Frank Mowbray Taubman
1901
Orpheus and Eurydice (cat. no. 1554, group, not for sale); Night (cat. no. 1615, coloured plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Cassandra Ann Walker
1901
St Catherine (cat. no. 1555, plaster altar panel, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Mary Kynaston Potter
1901
Voices of the Dead (cat. no. 1563, plaster relief, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Henry Hugh Armstead
1901
Hero and Leander (cat. no. 1564, marble low relief, £1,000).
Exhibitors included Oliver Wheatley
1901
Awakening (cat. no. 1565, statue, £75).
Exhibitors included Lucy Gwendolen Williams
1901
Doris (cat. no. 1546, bust, £21); Pandora (cat. no. 1576, bust, £31 10s.).
Exhibitors included Frances (Fanny) Taplin Darlington
1901
Confidences (cat. no. 1549, copper medallion, £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included Robert Lindsey Clark
1901
Cupid (cat. no. 1558, statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Constance Read
1901
Spring (cat. no. 1557, coloured plaster, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included C. E. Martin
1901
Eve (cat. no. 1559, plaster, £8 8s.); Study of Boy (cat. no. 1596, plaster statuette, £6 6s.).
Exhibitors included Aniza McGeehan
1901
Vincent Murphy, Esq. (cat. no. 1569, portrait bust in plaster, not for sale); Lawrence Connolly, Esq. (cat. no. 1572, plaster portrait bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Millard
1901
Bust of a man (cat. no. 1570, plaster, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Cecil Hew Brown
1901
Hercules Taming the Mares of Diomede (cat. no. 1571, bronzed plaster group, not for sale); Marlborough (cat. no. 1606, bronze statuette, £22 10s.).
Exhibitors included Emil Fuchs
1901
Study (cat. no. 1573, bronze head, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Bateman Fagan
1901
In Quiet Contemplation (cat. no. 1574, marble bust, £31 10s.).
Exhibitors included Robert Shearer
1901
Narcissus (cat. no. 1575, plaster statuette, £10 10s., in marble, £50).
Exhibitors included John Hargreaves Bond
1901
William Rathbone (cat. no. 1577, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Gerald E. Moira
1901
Model of end of Concert Room for Messrs C. Bechstein, Wigmore Street, London (cat. no. 1578, collaboration with Frank Lynn-Jenkins); Overmantel - 'The Wooing of Ena' (cat. no. 1621, coloured plaster relief, not for sale, collaboration with Frank Lynn-Jenkins).
Exhibitors included Frank Lynn Jenkins
1901
Model of end of Concert Room for Messrs C. Bechstein, Wigmore Street, London (cat. no. 1578, collaboration with Gerald Moira); Overmantel - 'The Wooing of Ena' (cat. no. 1621, coloured plaster relief, not for sale, collaboration with Gerald Moira).
Exhibitors included Frederick Richard Thomas
1901
The First Born (cat. no. 1581, plaster group, £30 - a work of this title shown at the Royal Academy in 1892, cat. no 1993).
Exhibitors included Honora Mary Rigby
1901
Elsa (cat. no. 1582, plaster statuette, £30); Ivy (cat. no. 1583, plaster bust, £25).
Exhibitors included Francesco Saverio Sortini
1901
Design for a Decorated Bell (cat. no. 1584, plaster, for sale in bronze, £500).
Exhibitors included Frances Kelly
1901
Tabernacle Door in Brass Repoussé (cat. no. 1585, £15 15s.).
Exhibitors included Mary Pownall (Bromet)
1901
Portrait of Miss L. Pownall (cat. no. 1589, plaster low relief, not for sale); Acquadotto Claudio, Roma (cat. no. 1647, silver low relief, £12 12s.).
Exhibitors included Charles W. Sharpe
1901
Endymion and Diana (cat. no. 1590, plaster relief, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Lily Day
1901
The Gorgon Sisters (cat. no. 1595, copper vase, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Caroline J. Jackson
1901
Innocence (cat. no. 1594, plaster bust, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Arthur James Mills
1901
The Rival Monarchs (cat. no. 1597, bronze group, £15 15s.); Puma - an interrupted meal (cat. no. 1598, bronze study, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Richard Louis Garbe
1901
L'Inconuue (cat. no. 1599, marble head, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Francis Derwent Wood
1901
Mother and Child (cat. no. 1603, carved group in wood, £5 5s.); Dante in Exile (cat. no. 1616, plaster sketch model, £15 15s.).
Exhibitors included Alexander James Leslie
1901
Eros (cat. no. 1604, statuette, £52 10s.).
Exhibitors included Joseph Herbert Morcom
1901
Bitten (cat. no. 1605, plaster statuette, £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included (Louisa) Edith C. Maryon
1901
May Morning (cat. no. 1607, 'When Youth and Maids, / At peep of dawn would rise, / And wander forth, in forest glades, / Thy birth to solemnise' - Wordsworth, relief, portion of fireplace, £52 10s.).
Exhibitors included Ellen Mary Rope
1901
Mirror Frame (cat. no. 1610, plaster, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Paul Raphael Montford
1901
Statuette (cat. no. 1613, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Tweed
1901
Rt Hon. George Wyndham, MP (cat. no. 1614, bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Gilbert William Bayes
1901
The Invocation (cat. no. 1617, plaster statuette, for sale in bronze, £52 10s.); The Derelict (cat. no. 1635, metal relief, £18 18s.).
Exhibitors included David Watson Stevenson
1901
H.I.M. The Czarina (cat. no. 1624, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Onslow Ernest Whiting
1901
Field Guns going into action, Colenso (cat. no. 1626, plaster relief, £8 8s., in copper, £12 12s.).
Exhibitors included Sophia Rosamond Praeger
1901
The Fairy Fountain (cat. no. 1627, plaster relief, £63).
Exhibitors included Henry Bloomfield Bare
1901
Design for a Decorative Metal Panel (cat. no. 1628, plaster, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Alexander Fisher
1901
Silver Jewel Casket, with six transparent enamels, illustrating 'The Story of Cupid and Psyche' (cat. no. 1629, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Geraldine Carr
1901
Casket in Silver and Enamel (cat. no. 1629, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Joseph Crosland McClure
1901
Dawn (cat. no. 1634, plaster relief (sketch p. iv), not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Henry Monsell Furse
1901
The Leopard Tamer (cat. no. 1636, plaster group, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Mervyn Lawrence
1901
Winsomeness (cat. no. 1637, bust, £25, in marble, £85).
Exhibitors included Henry Cheffins Christie
1901
The Moss Trooper (cat. no. 1639, wax statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Alfred R. Martin
1901
The Briar Rose (cat. no. 1643, portion of coloured plaster frieze, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Frank Bowcher
1901
Frame of Medals (cat. no. 1645, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William George de Saulles
1901
Case of Medals (cat. no. 1646, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Horace Montford
1901
Hymn to Demeter (cat. no. 1648, bronzed plaster statue (sketch p. 122), not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Hamo Thornycroft
1901
Oliver Cromwell (cat. no. 1649, bronze replica of head of the statue erected at Westminster, 1899, not for sale, lent by the Rt Hon. Lord Roseberry).
Exhibitors included Feodora Maud Georgina Gleichen
1901
Miss Burden (cat. no. 1641, bust, not for sale).
Citing this record
'Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=ann_1253109263, accessed 24 Feb 2020]
