Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
End Date: 1895
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 1,336 works exhibited.
£5,470 7s. 0d. receipts for sales.
62,163 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).
Participants
Exhibitors included Charles John Allen
1895
Prof. J. M. Mackay (cat. no. 1249, sketch portrait, not for sale); Dr Rendall, Principal, University College (cat. no. 1250, not for sale); Love and the Mermaid (cat. no. 1268, group, not for sale); Perseus Victorious (cat. no. 1271, bronze, £550); A Dream of Love (cat. no. 1324, group in bronze, £52 10s.).
Exhibitors included Conrad Gustave d'Huc Dressler
1895
Mrs Water Raleigh (cat. no. 1251, not for sale); Sir John D'Urberville, an ancestor of Tess (cat. no. 1254, bust, £78 15s.); Portion of Plaster (cat. no. 1276, Della Robbia ware, not for sale); E. Landseer Grundy, Esq. (cat. no. 1286, Della Robbia ware, not for sale); Study of a Baby's Head (cat. no. 1301, £8 8s.); Inglenook Arch (cat. no. 1322A, Della Robbia ware, £75); Maternity (cat. no. 1322B, portion of fountain, Della Robbia ware, £100); Tradition Raising Youth (cat. no. 1322C, sign, Della Robbia ware, not for sale); Four Panels of Boys (cat. no. 1322D-G, £1 11s. 6d.); Reproduction of Renaissance Madonna (cat. no. 1322H, Della Robbia ware, £1 1s.); Reproduction of Antique Panel (cat. no. 1322I, Della Robbia ware, £0 10s. 6d.); Presentation (cat. no. 1322J, fragment, Della Robbia ware, £1 1s.); Cherub's Head (cat. no. 1322 K, £1 1s.); Sower (cat. no. 1322L, sketch for panel, Della Robbia ware, not for sale); Harvest-time (cat. no. 1322M, sketch panel, Della Robbia ware, not for sale); Tethys (cat. no. 1322N, panel, Della Robbia ware, £5 5s.), Boy and Lanthorn (cat. no. 1322O, Della Robbia ware, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Henry Charles Fehr
1895
Meditation (cat. no. 1252, bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Edward Onslow Ford
1895
W. H. Lever, Esq. (cat. no. 1253, bronze, not for sale); Model of the Strathnairn Memorial (cat. no. 1266, not for sale); M. R. Corbet, Esq. (cat. no. 1273, bronze head, not for sale); Echo (cat. no. 1279, bronze statue, not for sale); W. Q. Orchardson, Esq., RA (cat. no. 1280, not for sale); Briton Riviere, Esq., RA (cat. no. 1281, bronze head, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Albert Arthur Toft
1895
The Oracle (cat. no. 1255, marble, £126); Music (cat. no. 1284, £5 5s.); Miss Burnett (cat. no. 1318, marble relief, not for sale); Evening (cat. no. 1335, statuette, for sale in bronze £150, in marble £200); Evening (cat. no. 1335, statuette, illustrated on p. 124, for sale in bronze £150, in marble £200).
Exhibitors included Gustav Natorp
1895
Byblis (cat. no. 1256, bronze statuette, £40); Bitter-Sweet (cat. no. 1323, marble medallion, £120).
Exhibitors included E. R. Frampton
1895
The Annunciation (cat. no. 1257, relief, not for sale); Mother and Son (cat. no. 1305, £300).
Exhibitors included George Cowell
1895
Prudentia (cat. no. 1258, not for sale).
Exhibitors included (Alfred) Adrian Jones
1895
Waterloo - Picton's Brigade about to advance (cat. no. 1259, group, for sale in plaster £250, in bronze £350); The Last Arrow (cat. no. 1334A, bronze, £315).
Exhibitors included Annie H. Griffith
1895
Study of a Girl's Head (cat. no. 1260, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included (August Alexander) Ferdinand Junck
1895
A Whistler (cat. no. 1261, marble bust, £35).
Exhibitors included Frank Baxter
1895
Study of an Old Italian (cat. no. 1262, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Frank H. Norbury
1895
Portrait of a Lady (cat. no. 1263, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Joseph William Swynnerton
1895
Design for a Child's Tomb (cat. no. 1264, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Benjamin Creswick
1895
Samson and the Lion (cat. no. 1265, £100); S. H. Baker, Esq., Treasurer, Birmingham Society of Artists - Study of a Baby (cat. no. 1309, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Honora Mary Rigby
1895
A Falconer (cat. no. 1267, terracotta, £1 10s.); Carmen (cat. no. 1269, terracotta, £1 10s.); A Type of Beauty (cat. no. 1274, bust, not for sale); Storm (cat. no. 1277, terracotta, £5 5s.); Design for a Mirror (cat. no. 1306, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
1895
Destiny (cat. no. 1270, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Kathleen Trousdell Shaw
1895
Rosamond (cat. no. 1272, head, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Gilbert William Bayes
1895
Vanity (cat. no. 1275, for sale in plaster £6 6s., in bronze £21); 'In the Tilt-yard, when the dust cleared from the sundered press of Knights' (cat. no. 1312).
Exhibitors included Nelson Ethelred Dawson
1895
Casket in Steel and Enamel (cat. no. 1277A, terracotta, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Ellen Mary Rope
1895
Decorative Panel - A Vegetable Telephone (cat. no. 1282, £3 3s.); Child Angel (cat. no. 1291, £3 3s.); The Guardian Angel (cat. no. 1292, £10 10s.); Guardian Angels (cat. no. 1331, plaster relief, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Mark Rogers Junior
1895
Model for Bronze Door Panel of a Cabinet (cat. no. 1283, £7 7s.).
Exhibitors included Thomas Wills
1895
Satan Bond (cat. no. 1285, wood carving, £25).
Exhibitors included Frederick William Pomeroy
1895
Panel of St Dorothea, part of Decoration of Choir Stalls, Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square, London (cat. no. 1287, not for sale); Portions of Frieze, representing Labour, for the Sheffield Town Hall (cat. nos 1328 and 1329, for sale in plaster £30, in marble £100).
Exhibitors included George Holding II
1895
Sir Henry Irving (cat. no. 1288, marble medallion, £10).
Exhibitors included Alfred E. Lewis
1895
Bronze Door Knocker (cat. no. 1289, £25); Model of Door Handle (cat. no. 1290, silver plated, £20).
Exhibitors included Harold Steward Rathbone
1895
Angel Garland Vase (cat. no. 1293, £10); Dancing Girl Vase (cat. no. 1294, £10 10s.); Rose Bowl (cat. no. 1295, not for sale); Font - Two Angels Crowning the Virgin (cat. no. 1296, £7 7s.); Font - 'Crucifixion' in centre (cat. no. 1297, £6 6s.); Plate - Blessed Virgin surrounded by Angels (cat. no. 1298, £7 7s.); Plate - Blessed Virgin surrounded by Angels (cat. no. 1299, £7 7s.); Portrait Study (cat. no. 1333, bust, £15 15s.).
Exhibitors included Thomas Stirling Lee
1895
Study (cat. no. 1300, marble head, £75).
Exhibitors included Susan Ruth Canton
1895
Serpentine Dancing (cat. no. 1302, £5 5s.); Skirt Dancing (cat. no. 1308, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Walter Winans
1895
A Branco Buster (cat. no. 1303, bronze, £25); Sitting Bull, the Sioux Chief (cat. no. 1334, £25).
Exhibitors included Alice Mary Chaplin
1895
Study of a Bear (cat. no. 1304, wax, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Wolpam Onslow Ford
1895
Cat's Head (cat. no. 1307, bronze, £3 10s.).
Exhibitors included Onslow Ernest Whiting
1895
St George Slays the Dragon (cat. no. 1310, relief, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Florence Newman
1895
Study of a Baby (cat. no. 1311, plaster relief, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Cecil Hew Brown
1895
Moorish Powder Play (cat. no. 1313, bronze relief, £50).
Exhibitors included Rose Le Quesne
1895
The Snake Charmer (cat. no. 1314, relief, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Mark Rogers Junior
1895
Reading, Writing and Arithmetic (cat. no. 1315, model of a slaver to be made in silvered bronze, £35).
Exhibitors included Oliver Wheatley
1895
Nine Medallions (cat. no. 1316, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Ada Freeman Gell
1895
Victory (cat. no. 1319, statuette, for sale in plaster £10 10s., in bronze £50); Marble Bas-Relief (cat. no. 1336, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Alfred E. Lewis
1895
Design for an Electric Light (cat. no. 1320, silver-plated bronze, £45); Innocence (cat. no. 1321, bronze statuette, £100).
Exhibitors included William Grant Stevenson
1895
Startled (cat. no. 1325, bronze, £45).
Exhibitors included Emmeline Halse
1895
An Unwilling Model (cat. no. 1326, terracotta, £26 5s.).
Exhibitors included John Edward Taylerson
1895
Evensong (cat. no. 1327, panel, illustrated on the catalogue cover).
Exhibitors included Francis Derwent Wood
1895
Circe (cat. no. 1330, relief, illustrated on p. 13, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Gordon Mitchell Forsyth
1895
Tarantella - A Sketch (cat. no. 1332, low relief, for sale in plaster £9 19s. 6d., in bronze £40).
Exhibitors included May Heatherington Barker
1895
Study in Tinted Plaster (cat. no. 1334B, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included Sidney Herbert Physick
1895
Inspiration (cat. no. 1278, bronze, £60).
Citing this record
'Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895', 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_1269522790, accessed 02 Jun 2023]
