Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Art and Industries (London), 1908
End Date: 1908 (Presumed)
Type: Exhibition
Description: Art section highly successful; visited by 3.5 million people.
Royal Society of British Sculptors made hanging suggestions and requested involvement (6 July 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Brock reported that he had managed to have concessions approved; the Society secretary was asked to establish particulars of the French arrangements for the exhibition (2 December 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
The Society recommended that the art committee of the exhibition find works by Armstead, Bates, Boehm, Foley, Onslow Ford, Lord Leighton, Alfred Stevens and Watts to show in section alongside works by living artists.
Members were asked to suggest works of their own which they would like to recommend for inclusion, as was Gilbert (by letter) and non-members D. Brown, H. Hampton, A. Jones, L. White and Ward. Also female non-members Buckle, Giles, Moore, Simpson, Windser and Wallace, and HRH Princess Louise (13 January 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibition had wished to borrow works from the Crystal Palace but high insurance costs had prevented this (7 June 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Edward Poynter, Chairman of the Exhibition, wrote to thank the society for its help in making the art section a success (6 July 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Brock reported on the event to the Royal Society of British Sculptors (2 November 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibits
Exhibition included Sketch Model for the Wellington Memorial
Loan of work was requested of the South Kensington Museum, by the Royal Society of British Sculptors, for exhibition in the 1907 Franco-British Exhibition (13 May 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1). Unclear if work was lent.
Exhibition included Icarus
Loan from Vivian negotiated by Frampton (3 February 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibition included Boy and Bearcubs
Loan from Vivian negotiated by Frampton (3 February 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibition included Lamia
Loan from Vivian negotiated by Frampton. One condition of loan was that the work be displayed 'under a glass case' (3 February 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibition included St Sebastian
Recommended for exhibition by Royal Society of British Sculptors. Unclear whether work was included (2 March 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibition included Julia Bates
Recommended for exhibition by Royal Society of British Sculptors. Unclear whether work was included (2 March 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibition included Paradise Lost
1908
Exhibition included The Slinger
1908
Exhibition included The Childhood of Justice
1908
Exhibition included Dawn
1908
Exhibition included The Captive
1908
Exhibition included The Great Marquis of Montrose
1908
Exhibition included Narcissus
1908
Participants
Competition entrant Albert Bruce Joy
11 May 1908 (Circa)
Joy hoped that his works would be included in the selection for display. 'A letter from Mr. Bruce-Joy, asking for further consideration of his work which he desired to submit for the Franco-British Exhibition, was read. The Secretary was instructed to say that it was too late to re-open the matter' (11 May 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibition committee member Thomas Brock
6 July 1907 (Circa)
Gave report of 6 July meeting held by the art section to Royal Society of British Sculptors, drawing plans of the galleries (6 July 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibition committee member Charles Bennet Lawes-Wittewronge
4 November 1907 (Circa)
mentioned, 4 November 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1.
Exhibitors included Henry Poole
Multiple works
Exhibitors included George James Frampton
'Lamia'
Exhibitors included John Macallan Swan
'Boy and Bearcubs'
Exhibitors included Alfred Gilbert
'Icarus'
Exhibitors included Alfred George Stevens
'Sketch Model for the Wellington Memorial'
Exhibitors included Vivian
Loan of works from Vivian's collection was requested by Royal Society of British Sculptors for exhibition in the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition (6 January 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Loan agreed on condition that members of the RBS would check on condition of works regularly for the duration of the show (3 February 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibitors included Esther Mary Moore
'At the Gates of the Past', bronze, cat. no. 1382.
Exhibitors included Alfred H. Good
1908
Exhibitors included Thomas Stirling Lee
1908
Exhibitors included Alexander James Leslie
1908
Exhibitors included Percival (Percy) Herbert Portsmouth
1908
Exhibitors included Isidore Spielmann
1908 (Presumed)
Lent works [from his collection?] to exhibition (4 January 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Exhibitors included Arthur George Walker
1908
Exhibitors included Basil Gotto
1908
Exhibitors included Oliver Sheppard
1908
Exhibitors included William Birnie Rhind
1908
Exhibitors included The Marquis of Graham
1908
Participants included George James Frampton
2 March 1908
Was appointed part of Royal Society of British Sculptors' sub-committee of selection for the Franco-British Exhibition (2 March 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Participants included William Goscombe John
2 March 1908 - 2 March
Was appointed part of Royal Society of British Sculptors' sub-committee of selection for the Franco-British Exhibition (2 March 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Participants included Thomas Stirling Lee
2 March 1908
Was appointed part of Royal Society of British Sculptors' sub-committee of selection for the Franco-British Exhibition (2 March 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Participants included William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
2 March 1908
Was appointed part of Royal Society of British Sculptors' sub-committee of selection for the Franco-British Exhibition (2 March 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Sources
Catalogue of the Fine Art Section,
Franco-British Exhibition,
London, 1908
1908
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
20 September 1906; 18 February 1907; 6 July 1907; 6 January 1908; 13 January 1908; 3 February 1908; 6 April 1908; 11 May 1908.
Citing this record
'Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Art and Industries (London), 1908', 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=msib2_1220454708, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
