Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
End Date: 1902
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 1,598 works exhibited.
£5,273 1s. 6d. receipts for sales.
59,590 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 Briggs and Wolstenholme
1902
Model for the New Docks Office, for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (cat. no. 1410, modelled by F. H. Norbury, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Della Robbia Pottery and Marble Co. Ltd.
1902
St John the Baptist, after Donatello (cat. no. 1413, £1 10s.); Baby, after Jean Gouzon (cat. no. 1414, £2 5s.); St Peter (cat. no. 1428, seated statue, gilded terracotta, £35); St Francis of Assisi (cat. no. 1432, £2 2s.); Jardiniere (cat. no. 1436, £2 2s.); Jardiniere (cat. no. 1437, £2 2s.); Ornamental Mirror (cat. no. 1440, £4 4s.); Conservatory Fountain (cat. no. 1444, not for sale).
Organized by Walker Art Gallery
1902
Participants
Exhibitors included (Frank) Pickford Marriott
'Love in her eyes sits playing' (cat. no. 1472, panel in mother of pearl, gesso, and precious stones, £52 10s.).
Exhibitors included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
1902
Castles in the Air (cat. no. 1386, statuette, £1050).
Exhibitors included George James Frampton
1902
Chaucer (cat. no. 1387, plaster bust, not for sale); Alfred East, Esq., ARA (cat. no. 1397, bronze bust, not for sale); Mysteriarch (cat. no. 1409, plaster bust, illustrated on p. 124, £60).
Exhibitors included Max Klein
1902
Bust of a Lady (cat. no. 1388, coloured marble, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Goscombe John
1902
The late T. E. Ellis, MP (cat. no. 1389, plaster bust, not for sale); Herbert Ward, Esq. (cat. no. 1438, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included W. J. McLean
1902
Henry Rawcliffe, Esq. (cat. no. 1390, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Frederick William Pomeroy
1902
Joseph Leete, Esq. (cat. no. 1391, marble bust, illustrated on p. 123, not for sale); The Snowdrop (cat. no. 1427, marble statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Katherine Elizabeth Wallis
1902
Mignonne (cat. no. 1392, marble bust, £35).
Exhibitors included Alphonse Van Beurden
1902
David (cat. no. 1393, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Macallan Swan
1902
Wounded Leopard (cat. no. 1393A, plaster, not for sale); Polar Bears (cat. no. 1400, silver piece, lent by Edward Davis, Esq., not for sale).
Exhibitors included Alexandre Zeitlin
1902
A Portrait (cat. no. 1394, statuette in gilt bronze, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Albert Arthur Toft
1902
H. M. King Edward VII (cat. no. 1396, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Hamo Thornycroft
1902
The King Alfred Memorial at Winchester (cat. no. 1401, model in silver, lent by Alfred Bowker, Esq., Mayor of Winchester, not for sale).
Exhibitors included George Holding II
1902
The Four Evangelists, with Emblems (cat. no. 1404, sketch model for a Pulpit carved in Alabaster for Messrs Norbury, Patterson and Co., 5 Myrtle Street, Liverpool).
Exhibitors included Gertrude Eliza Wright
1902
The Fates (cat. no. 1405, plaster group, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Susan Ruth Canton
1902
A Nurse (cat. no. 1406, statuette, £7 7s.).
Exhibitors included Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams
1902
Adam and Eve (cat. no. 1407, sketch model, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Charles John Allen
1902
Model of the Queen Victoria Memorial for Liverpool (cat. no. 1408, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Frank H. Norbury
1902
Model for the New Docks Office, for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (cat. no. 1410, modelled by F. H. Norbury, produced by Briggs and Wolstenholme, not for sale).
Exhibitors included William Birnie Rhind
1902
H. E. Moss, Esq., JP (cat. no. 1411, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Aniza McGeehan
1902
Rt Rev. Monsignor Nugent (cat. no. 1412, portrait bust, bronze, illustrated on p. 123, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Gevaghty
1902
The late William Rathbone (cat. no. 1415, marble bust, modelled by Hargreaves Bond, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Hargreaves Bond
1902
The late William Rathbone (cat. no. 1415, marble bust, modelled by Hargreaves Bond, produced by John Gevaghty, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Paul Gasq
1902
Diane (cat. no. 1416, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Caroline J. Jackson
1902
Nancy (cat. no. 1417, plaster bust, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Arthur Charles White
1902
Isabella (cat. no. 1418, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included W. Pierce Roberts
1902
Portrait (cat. no. 1419, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Alexandre Zeitlin
1902
The Lady Dorothy Neville (cat. no. 1420, plaster statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Honora Mary Rigby
1902
Joy (cat. no. 1421, plaster statuette, £30); Melody (cat. no. 1423, plaster bust, £30); Becchina (cat. no. 1481, £20).
Exhibitors included William Bateman Fagan
1902
The Boy (cat. no. 1422, bronze head, £25).
Exhibitors included C. N. Thorburn
1902
Study of a Head (cat. no. 1424, plaster bust, £2 2s.).
Exhibitors included Ethel Martin
1902
Statuette (cat. no. 1425, plaster, £10 10s.); Coloured Plaster Panel (cat. no. 1453, £4 4s.).
Exhibitors included Joseph Herbert Morcom
1902
Whispers of Love (cat. no. 1426, plaster statuette, £15 15s., for sale in bronze £25).
Exhibitors included Arthur John Smith
1902
William Morris (cat. no. 1429, plaster bust, not for sale); W. T. E. Britten, Esq. (cat. no. 1431, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Alice Gates
1902
A Hard Worker (cat. no. 1430, £21, also for sale in bronze, £40).
Exhibitors included Ellen Mary Rope
1902
A May Day Symphony (cat. no. 1433, bronzed plaster relief, £20); The Visit of the Magi (cat. no. 1465, plaster relief, £5 5s.); Wave Sprites (cat. no. 1478, plaster relief, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included Arthur George Walker
1902
Paolo and Francesco (cat. no. 1439, marble relief, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Andrea Carlo Lucchesi
1902
A Sunflower (cat. no. 1441, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Caroline J. Jackson
1902
Contemplation (cat. no. 1442, plaster statuette, £5 5s.).
Exhibitors included G. Symonds
1902
Study of a Young Girl (cat. no. 1443, plaster bust, illustrated on p. 125, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Frank Mowbray Taubman
1902
Fairy Tales (cat. no. 1445, plaster statuette, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Benjamin Clemens
1902
Sappho (cat. no. 1446, plaster statue, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Cecil Hew Brown
1902
Death of the Lame Tiger - Kipling's Jungle Stories (cat. no. 1447, not for sale); A Prize Winner (cat. no. 1489, bronze group, £21).
Exhibitors included Fane Frank Fleming Baxter
1902
The Woodman (cat. no. 1448, plaster statue, £450).
Exhibitors included Harry Dixon
1902
Otters and Salmon (cat. no. 1449, illustrated on p. 126, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Edward W. Kennedy
1902
Labourer Resting (cat. no. 1450, £45).
Exhibitors included Joseph William Swynnerton
1902
The late Lord Russell (cat. no. 1451, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Mark Rogers Junior
1902
L'Allegro (cat. no. 1452, tinted plaster relief, £10).
Exhibitors included Cassandra Ann Walker
1902
St. Catherine (cat. no. 1454, altar panel, £10. 10).
Exhibitors included Annie Hugill
1902
The Dancers (cat. no. 1455, £12 12s.).
Exhibitors included Frank H. Norbury
1902
The Fan (cat. no. 1456, terracotta low relief, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included Kathleen Trousdell Shaw
1902
Mrs Macran (cat. no. 1457, plaster medallion, not for sale); The Earl of Albemarle, CB, MVO, Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the City Imperial Volunteers (cat. no. 1483, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Cassidy
1902
The late Tom Jones, MRCS, who died in South Africa, 1901 (cat. no. 1458, bronze medallion, £25).
Exhibitors included Frances Kelly
1902
Tabernacle Door (cat. no. 1459, brass repoussé, £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included L. Alexander
1902
Eos (cat. no. 1460, relief, £7 7s.).
Exhibitors included James Nesfield Forsyth
1902
Medal given with the Fletcher Bursay, Architectural Association, London (cat. no. 1462, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Albert Bruce Joy
1902
Medallion Portrait (cat. no. 1463, silver, not for sale).
Exhibitors included T. A. Falcon
1902
Roses (cat. no. 1464, decorative panel, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Hester Mabel White
1902
Jean Valjean (cat. no. 1466, pewter medallion, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included L. Gladstone Phipps
1902
Head (cat. no. 1468 (1), £3 3s.); Brooch (cat. no. 1468 (2), 10s.); Pendant (cat. no. 1468 (3), £1 10s.); Shawl Pin (cat. no. 1468 (4), 10s.); Shawl Pin (cat. no. 1468 (5), 10s.).
Exhibitors included Florence Sarah Stern
1902
Case containing silver buckle, with turquoise (£2 2s.); Silver Pendant, with opals (£1 11s. 6d.); Lace Pin, with opal (17s. 6d.); Lace Pin, with opal (17s. 6d.); Silver Brooch, with opal (£1 5s.); Silver Brooch, with turquoise and opal (£1 5s.); Silver Scalf Pin, with opal (£1 1s.); Silver Spoon (17s. 6d.).
Exhibitors included Hester Mabel White
1902
Thomas Carlyle (cat. no. 1470, pewter medallion, £3 3s.).
Exhibitors included Susan Ruth Canton
1902
A Sea Spirit (cat. no. 1471, wax medallion, £10 10s.); A Skirt Dance (cat. no. 1482, statuette, £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included (Mary Louisa) Hermione Unwin
1902
Mrs R. Honeyburne (cat. no. 1473, bronze medallion, not for sale).
Exhibitors included James Nesfield Forsyth
1902
Medal given with the Banister Fletcher Bursay, Architecture Association, London (cat. no. 1474, not for sale).
Exhibitors included F. L. Lyster
1902
'Suffer little children to come unto Me' (cat. no. 1475, wood carving, £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included Ethel Agnew
1902
Belt with Clasps (cat. no. 1476, copper and enamel, £8 8s.).
Exhibitors included G. Granger
1902
A Frame containing six medals (cat. no. 1477, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Alfred R. Martin
1902
The Garden Court (cat. no. 1479, sketch for frieze in coloured relief, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Alice Gates
1902
The late James Gordon, Esq. (cat. no. 1480, plaster medallion, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Geraldine Carr
1902
Casket in Silver and Baissetaile Enamel, set with Precious Stones (cat. no. 1484, £70).
Exhibitors included O. Waldmann
1902
Dog from Thibet (cat. no. 1485, pewter, not for sale).
Exhibitors included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
1902
T. B. Wood, Esq. (cat. no. 1486, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Millicent Wadham
1902
Homeward (cat. no. 1487, plaster statuette, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Feodora Maud Georgina Gleichen
1902
Herr Kubelik (cat. no. 1488, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included John Cassidy
1902
Thomas de Quincey - The English Opium Eater (cat. no. 1490, £105).
Exhibitors included Mervyn Lawrence
1902
St Patrick (cat. no. 1491, plaster statuette, £25, also for sale in bronze £35).
Exhibitors included John Wenlock Rollins
1902
A Sea Maiden (cat. no. 1492, plaster statuette, £105).
Exhibitors included Charles Leonard Hartwell
1902
The Lass of Dee (cat. no. 1493, statuette, £18, for sale 'with copywrite [sic]', £55).
Exhibitors included Edith Elizabeth Downing
1902
Music sent up to God (cat. no. 1494, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Charles James Pibworth
1902
Professor Edward Lanteri (cat. no. 1495, plaster bust, illustrated on p. 126, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Benjamin Creswick
1902
A Rough Rider (cat. no. 1496, original design, equestrian group, £10 10s.).
Exhibitors included Arthur Charles White
1902
The Witch of Atlas (cat. no. 1497, plaster head, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Francis H. Aloysius Jahn
1902
The Chorister (cat. no. 1498, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Walter Merrett
1902
His Majesty King Edward VII (cat. no. 1499, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibitors included Magdelin Z. Hoyer
1902
Leslie, son of L. E. Howorth, Esq. (cat. no. 1461/1, not for sale); A Study (cat. no. 1461/2, £5 5s.); Silver Panel, set with Painted Ivory (cat. no. 1461/3, £7 7s.).
Citing this record
'Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902', 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_1278346917, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
