Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
End Date: 1899
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 1,553 works exhibited.
£8,089 2s. 6d. receipts for sales.
61,506 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).
Organizing Institution or Venue
Exhibitors included Della Robbia Pottery and Marble Co. Ltd.
1899
Painting: Emblematic Panel for Carnatic Hall (cat. no. 1337, not for sale); Three Small Panels - Edward I, Maria Virgo, and Pedra, King of Kent, after designs by Ford Madox Brown (cat. no. 1342, £5 5s.); Wall Fountain (cat. no. 1372, £12); Modelled Jardinière (cat. no. 1381, £2 2s.); Bowl (cat. no. 1383, £1 15s.); Window Garden Box Tiles (cat. no. 1384, £3 3s.); A Replica Panel of Reredos for the Liscard Unitarian Church (cat. no. 1403, not for sale); Pilgrim Vase (cat. no. 1405, £1 1s.); Modelled Jardinière (cat. no. 1407, £2 2s.); Literature (cat. no. 1409, emblematic panel executed for Carnatic Hall, not for sale).
Organized by Walker Art Gallery
1899
Participants
Exhibitors included Frederick William Pomeroy
1899
Miss Helen Wackerman (cat. no. 1332, plaster bust, for sale in marble for £50); The late Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, in robes as Chancellor of the Exchequer (cat. no. 1333, plaster statuette, for sale in bronze for £85); Statuette of a Lady (cat. no. 1335, bronze and ivory, £50); The late Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, MP (cat. no. 1376, plaster statuette, not for sale, for sale in bronze at £85).
Exhibitors included Ada Freeman Gell
1899
Cup and Ball (cat. no. 1334, bronze statuette, £31 10s.).
Exhibitors included Samuel Fry
1899
A Water Nymph (cat. no. 1336, bronze statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included George Blackall Simonds
1899
Hawking (cat. no. 1338, bronze statuette, £70); Music (cat. no. 1351, decorative panel, £50); Song and Dance (cat. no. 1418, design for fountain, for sale life-size in bronze £1050).
Exhibitors included Aniza McGechan
1899
A Castanet Player (cat. no. 1339, £26 5s.).
Exhibitors included P. Martin Honan
1899
Monsignor Gradwell (cat. no. 1340, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Goscombe John
1899
The late Dean Vaughan (cat. no. 1341, plaster bust, not for sale); A Memorial Figure (cat. no. 1402, bronzed plaster, not for sale); Sir Lewis Morris (cat. no. 1435, plaster bust, not for sale); The Elf (cat. no. 1439, marble statue, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams
1899
Modelled Design for a Letter-Box (cat. no. 1344, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
1899
Life's Coronet (cat. no. 1345, bronze bust, not for sale); Charles Warner, Esq. (cat. no. 1368, bronze bust, not for sale); C. Hayden Coffin, Esq. (cat. no. 1401, bronze head, not for sale).
Exhibitors included George Holding II
1899
Lady Godiva (cat. no. 1346, plaster panel in relief, £3 3s.); St George (cat. no. 1348, plaster panel in relief, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included Mary Kynaston Potter
1899
Dick, son of E. P. Potter, Esq. (cat. no. 1347, marble medallion, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Frank Mowbray Taubman
1899
Dawn (cat. no. 1349, bronze bas-relief, not for sale); Joan of Arc (cat. no. 1417, coloured plaster, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Robert Colton
1899
Robert Kirkland, Esq. (cat. no. 1362, bronze bust, not for sale); The Image Finder (cat. no. 1440, bronze statue, illustrated on p. 120, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Gerald E. Moira
1899
Isabella (cat. no. 1352, made by Gerald Moira and F. Lynn Jenkins, £70).
Exhibitors included Frank Lynn Jenkins
1899
Isabella (cat. no. 1352, made by Gerald Moira and F. Lynn Jenkins, £70).
Exhibitors included (Alfred) Adrian Jones
1899
Persimmon (cat. no. 1353, bronze statuette, not for sale); Polo Player (cat. no. 1399, bronze statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Gilbert William Bayes
1899
Knight Errant (cat. no. 1354, plaster statuette, not for sale, for sale in bronze for £73 10s.).
Exhibitors included Henry Gunthorp
1899
Little Mischief (cat. no. 1355, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Lucy Gwendolen Williams
1899
A Peri (cat. no. 1356, plaster bust, not for sale); La Papillon (cat. no. 1391, £6 6s.); Nemesis (cat. no. 1395, plaster bust, £31 10s., for sale in bronze £63).
Exhibitors included Arthur James Mills
1899
A Lion Attacking a Serpent (cat. no. 1357, bronze group, £10).
Exhibitors included Stanley Nicholson Babb
1899
The Treasure of a Woman (cat. no. 1358, plaster group, not for sale, but for sale in marble for £100).
Exhibitors included Benjamin Lloyd
1899
The late Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, MP (bronze statuette, £35).
Exhibitors included Francis Derwent Wood
1899
La Paimpolaise (cat. no. 1360, bust in carved wood and wrought tin, not for sale); Miss Constance Maw (cat. no. 1408, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Clarissa Barker
1899
Sleep (cat. no. 1361, plaster medallion, £16 16s.).
Exhibitors included Samuel William Ward Willis
1899
'Do!' (cat. no. 1363, plaster bust, £15 15s.).
Exhibitors included David Arthur Thomas
1899
Blanchette (cat. no. 1364, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Albert Arthur Toft
1899
Hagar (cat. no. 1365, for sale in plaster £26 5s., marble £105, bronze £52 10s.); Miss Eva Mendlessohn (cat. no. 1415, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Alfred E. Lewis
1899
A Sea Song (cat. no. 1366, bronze group, not for sale); Electric Bell Push, St George and Dragon (cat. no. 1380, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included (Charles) Louis Schots
1899
Edna (cat. no. 1367, portrait bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Arthur George Walker
1899
A Sea Maiden (cat. no. 1369, marble and bronze statuette, not for sale); T. Stirling Lee, Esq. (cat. no. 1421, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Albert Bruce Joy
1899
Frank Griffin, Esq. (cat. no. 1370, medallion portrait, not for sale); The Late Archbishop of Canterbury (cat. no. 1393, model of the large medallion on Dr Benson's Memorial in Rugby School Chapel, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Arthur Charles White
1899
Portrait (cat. no. 1371, plaster bust, not for sale); Miss Ross (cat. no. 1413, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Thomas Mewburn Crook
1899
Study of an Old Man (cat. no. 1373, bronzed plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Joseph Herbert Morcom
1899
Dora (cat. no. 1374, plaster bust, £20).
Exhibitors included Richard Louis Garbe
1899
Portrait of a Child (cat. no. 1375, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Robert Shearer
1899
'Echo, Sir?' (cat. no. 1377, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included Florence Harriet Steele
1899
A Christening Cup (cat. no. 1377A, silver, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included William Henry Prosser
1899
Miss Redhead (cat. no. 1378, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included David Watson Stevenson
1899
Miss Graham Stirling (cat. no. 1379, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Minnie Myers
1899
Head of a Young Girl (cat. no. 1383, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Gertrude Crosfield
1899
The Water Nymph (cat. no. 1385, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Frank H. Norbury
1899
Literature (cat. no. 1386, sketch model for group, Glasgow Art Gallery Competition, not for sale); Religion (cat. no. 1390, sketch model for group, Glasgow Art Gallery Competition, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Caroline J. Jackson
1899
Miss Little Foam Maiden (cat. no. 1387, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Oliver Silk
1899
Innocence (cat. no. 1389, plaster head, £2 2s.).
Exhibitors included George Gilbert Walker
1899
A. C. White, Esq. (cat. no. 1392, plaster bust, not for sale); Rt Rev. W. B. Carpenter, DD, DCL, Lord Bishop of Ripon (cat. no. 1440A, silver medallion, not for sale).
Exhibitors included (Mary) Gertrude Spencer Stanhope
1899
Hero and Leander (cat. no. 1394, bronze group, £50).
Exhibitors included Kate Tizard
1899
Giotto (cat. no. 1396, bronze bust, £42); The Little Thinker (cat. no. 1433, plaster, £15 15s., also for sale in marble, £42).
Exhibitors included Kathleen Trousdell Shaw
1899
Mrs Arthur Blomfield (cat. no. 1397, plaster bust, not for sale); Mowgli (cat. no. 1424, bronze statue, £300).
Exhibitors included Cecil Hew Brown
1899
Polo (cat. no. 1400, bronze group, £15 15s.); Bull Fight (cat. no. 1420, plaster group, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Honora Mary Rigby
1899
Cordelia (cat. no. 1404, £40).
Exhibitors included Charles John Allen
1899
Love and the Mermaid (cat. no. 1406, bronze group, not for sale); Model for William Rathbone Medal for Engineering, University College, Liverpool (cat. no. 1432, plaster, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Henry Alfred Pegram
1899
My Father (cat. no. 1410, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Feodora Maud Georgina Gleichen
1899
Master Jack Crawshay (cat. no. 1411, terracotta bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Charles Beacon
1899
Elephant and Serpent (cat. no. 1412, bronze group, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Henry Monsell Furse
1899
Mrs David Henderson (cat. no. 1414, not for sale).
Exhibitors included G.H. Cowell
1899
'Four wild snails I've taught their paces, Picked the best one for the races' (cat. no. 1416, plaster group, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Herbert Hampton
1899
The Kitten (cat. no. 1419, plaster group, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Birnie Rhind
1899
The Most Noble the Marquis of Salisbury, KG (cat. no. 1422, bronze, £63).
Exhibitors included Thomas Richard Essex
1899
The Late William Terriss, Esq. (cat. no. 1423, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included George James Frampton
1899
William Rathbone, Esq. (cat. no. 1425, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Beatrice Angle
1899
A Lorelei (cat. no. 1426, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Cassandra Ann Walker
1899
Thetis (cat. no. 1427, coloured plaster relief, £5 5s.); Wind (cat. no. 1436, coloured plaster relief, £2 2s.).
Exhibitors included Joseph Rogerson
1899
The late W. E. Gladstone (cat. no. 1429, life-size marble bust, £68 10s.).
Exhibitors included (Mary Louisa) Hermione Unwin
1899
Fleur de Luce (cat. no. 1430, medallion, £5 5s.); Study of a Woman's Head (cat. no. 1434, medallion, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1899
Base and Column for Electric Light (cat. no. 1437, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Henry Patrick Wilcoxson
1899
Portrait in Low Relief (cat. no. 1438, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Horace Montford
1899
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (cat. no. 1431, plaster bust, not for sale).
Citing this record
'Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899', 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_1269522700, accessed 20 Mar 2023]
