Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
End Date: 1894
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 1,367 works exhibited.
£4,345 4s. 6d. receipts for sales.
66,556 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 Honora Mary Rigby
1894
A Daughter of Toil (cat. no. 1281, not for sale); The Golden Age (cat. no. 1302, £2 2s.); Theodelinda (cat. no. 1319, £3 10s.); Iduna (cat. no. 1354, plaster statuette, £3 3s.); A Skirt Dancer (cat. no. 1355, terracotta statuette, £2 2s.).
Exhibitors included George Blackall Simonds
1894
Portrait Study (cat. no. 1282, plaster study, not for sale); The Goddess Gerd - The Aurora Borealis (cat. no. 1295, bronze statuette, £250).
Exhibitors included Lucy Gwendolen Williams
1894
Christabel (cat. no. 1283, plaster, £15 15s.).
Exhibitors included Edward Onslow Ford
1894
Study of a Head (cat. no. 1284, marble bust, £315).
Exhibitors included Frederick William Pomeroy
1894
Master T. Lee (cat. no. 1285, plaster); Undine (cat. no. 1309, statuette, not for sale); Panels: Sympathy and Joy, Sympathy and Sorrow, Promotion of Knowledge (cat. no. 1345, in plaster £25, in bronze £40).
Exhibitors included (Mary Louisa) Hermione Unwin
1894
Study of a Girl's Head (cat. no. 1286, plaster, £5 5s.); Head of a Brownie (cat. no. 1301, terracotta, £5 5s.); Medallion Portrait (cat. no. 1328, £4 4s.).
Exhibitors included Albert Arthur Toft
1894
The Goblet of Life (cat. no. 1287, illustrated p. 11, not for sale); Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Esq., MP (cat. no. 1296, in bronze £126, in marble £157 10s.).
Exhibitors included George Holding II
1894
Medallion Portrait - Madame Georgina Burns (cat. no. 1287A, £3); Medallion Portrait - Cardinal Vaughan (cat. no. 1287B, £2); From Gray's Elegy (cat. no. 1287C, plaster model, £2).
Exhibitors included Paul Raphael Montford
1894
The Spinning Girl (cat. no. 1288, plaster statue, in bronze £500, in marble £700); Decorative Design, Battersea Town Hall (cat. no. 1314, relief, not for sale); Portrait of an Artist (cat. no. 1324, bronze, not for sale); In the Springtime (cat. no. 1331, bronzed plaster, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Nicholas Gastaldi
1894
Herbert Gladstone, Esq., MP (cat. no. 1289, in terracotta £25, in marble £70).
Exhibitors included Alice Gates
1894
A West Riding Home Ruler (cat. no. 1290, plaster, £6 6s.).
Exhibitors included John M. Bell
1894
The late Henry H. Laird, Esq. (cat. no. 1291, not for sale); The late Thomas Armstrong, Esq. (cat. no. 1292, bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Ada Freeman Gell
1894
Jessie (cat. no. 1293, marble head, not for sale); At the Brook (cat. no. 1305, bronzed plaster, not for sale).
Exhibitors included J. M. Forsyth
1894
Study of a Head (cat. no. 1294, marble, £40).
Exhibitors included Thomas Brock
1894
The late Right Hon. The Earl of Derby, KG (cat. no. 1297, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included George Tinworth
1894
Model of the Fawcett Memorial (cat. no. 1298, illustrated p. 119, £50).
Exhibitors included Lizzie Alexander
1894
Ruika (cat. no. 1299, £6 6s.); Spirit of the North Wind (cat. no. 1312, £4 4s.).
Exhibitors included Gustav Natorp
1894
Knuckle Bones (cat. no. 1300, bronze statuette, £600); Regatta Cup (cat. no. 1328, sketch, not for sale).
Exhibitors included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1894
Circe (cat. no. 1303, bronze group, illustrated p. 120, £700).
Exhibitors included William Hamo Thornycroft
1894
A Mower (cat. no. 1304, bronze statue, £800).
Exhibitors included A. McShannon
1894
'The April's in her eyes: it is Love's Spring. And these she showers to bring it on' (cat. no. 1306, £70).
Exhibitors included Robert Anning Bell
1894
The Toilet (cat. no. 1307, £15 15s.).
Exhibitors included Henry Charles Fehr
1894
Amphitrite (cat. no. 1308, bronzed plaster statuette, £100).
Exhibitors included Henry Alfred Pegram
1894
The Last Song (cat. no. 1310, bronze over door, £315).
Exhibitors included J.A. Simpson
1894
A Sea Spell (cat. no. 1311, bronze, £52 10s.).
Exhibitors included Lizzie Alexander
1894
Spirit of the North Wind (cat. no. 1312, £4 4s.).
Exhibitors included Charles John Allen
1894
Design for a Door Knocker - Fortuna (cat. no. 1313, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Henry Monsell Furse
1894
Lioness and Cub (cat. no. 1316, bronze relief, not for sale); Lioness and Cubs (cat. no. 1329, in bronze £40, in plaster £20).
Exhibitors included Gilbert William Bayes
1894
The Ride of the Valkyries (cat. no. 1317, wax, not for sale).
Exhibitors included George James Frampton
1894
The Vision (cat. no. 1318, low relief, £30); Study for a Portrait (cat. no. 1322, bronze head, £20); My Thoughts are my Children (cat. no. 1351, relief, £350); 1) Winchester Medal, reverse and obverse, struck to commemorate 500th anniversary 2) Glasgow Medal, obverse and reverse (cat. no. 1352, with photograph showing sizes, not for sale).
Exhibitors included George Edward Wade
1894
Torchbearer (cat. no. 1320, not for sale); Torchbearer (cat. no. 1321, not for sale); Despair (cat. no. 1341, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Conrad Gustave d'Huc Dressler
1894
Maternity (cat. no. 1323, original terracotta group for a Della Robbia Fountain, £42); Pouts (cat. no. 1338, original terracotta study, £8 8s.); Miss Elfrida Rathbone (cat. no. 1349, plaster model for a Della Robbia plaque, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Rose Le Quesne
1894
The Fire Sprite (cat. no. 1325, low relief for a fireplace, £10 10s.); Dancing Girl (cat. no. 1344, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included Richard Henry Albert Willis
1894
The Fisherman's Dwelling (cat. no. 1326, not for sale).
Exhibitors included (Giovanni) Carlo Manzoni
1894
St Cecilia (cat. no. 1327, marble medallion, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Horace Montford
1894
Psyche armed as Cupid (cat. no. 1330, bronze, £50); A Bacchante (cat. no. 1347, terracotta statuette, £5).
Exhibitors included Kathleen Trousdell Shaw
1894
R. Ll. B. Rathbone, Esq. (cat. no. 1332, not for sale); Mrs Hutchinson (cat. no. 1335, not for sale); Miss Marion Terry (cat. no. 1336, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Alice Mary Chaplin
1894
J. J. Paderewski (cat. no. 1333, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included Florence Newman
1894
A Portrait (cat. no. 1334, plaster medallion, not for sale); Study of a Baby's Head (cat. no. 1337, bronzed plaster, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Katherine Anne Fraser-Tytler
1894
Après le Bain (cat. no. 1339, plaster statuette, £8 8s., in marble £60).
Exhibitors included Alfred Norbury
1894
The Bather (cat. no. 1340, plaster statuette, £15 15s.).
Exhibitors included Emmeline Halse
1894
Naughty (cat. no. 1342, marble, £35); Minnie and Winnie (cat. no. 1346, wax group, £12 12s.).
Exhibitors included E. Constant Vinoelst
1894
Glaucus and Ione (cat. no. 1343, terracotta group, £140).
Exhibitors included Joseph De Bruyn
1894
Anxious Moments - Will he return safe? (cat. no. 1344, terracotta group, £26 5s.).
Exhibitors included Emma E. Coop
1894
Lifeboat Veteran (cat. no. 1348, plaster relief, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included Edmund Rathbone
1894
Christening Bowl (cat. no. 1350, designed by Rathbone, executed by 'Mr. Griffiths', not for sale).
Exhibitors included Florence Midwood
1894
Olaf the Dane (cat. no. 1353, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Mary S. Florence
1894
Winged Figure (cat. no. 1356, in plaster £4 4s., in bronze £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included Sidney Herbert Physick
1894
Irene and her Attendants taking down the body of St Sebastian (cat. no. 1367, bronzed plaster, for sale in plaster £68 5s., in bronze £147).
Exhibitors included Harold Steward Rathbone
1894
Window Garden Panel (cat. no. 1357, Della Robbia ware, £8. 8); Window Garden Panel (cat. no. 1358. Della Robbia ware, not for sale); Decorated Vine-leaf Pot (cat. no. 1359, Della Robbia Ware, £?); Decorated Pot, vine leaves in relief (cat. no. 1360, Della Robbia ware £8 8s.); Decorated Vase (cat. no. 1361, Della Robbia ware, 15s.); Decorated Vase (cat. no. 1362, Della Robbia ware, £1 5s.); Decorated Pot (cat. no. 1364, Della Robbia ware, £1 15s.); Decorated Amphora (cat. no. 1365, Della Robbia ware, £5 5s.); Amphora with decoration in relief (cat. no. 1366, Della Robbia ware, £5 5s.).
Note that catalogue numbers 1357-59 and 1365 are listed as 'H. Rathbone', and numbers 1360-64 and 1366 are listed as 'Harold Rathbone'.
Exhibitors included Frederick Thomas Callcott
1894
Blessing Little Children (cat. no. 1315, original bronze, for sale in bronze £30, in plaster £15).
Citing this record
'Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894', 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_1269522805, accessed 01 Apr 2023]
