Japan-Britain Exhibition, 1910
End Date: 1910
Type: Exhibition
Description: Included an 'excellent collection of sculpture' (23 May 1910, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1). The surplus arising from the commission on the sale of art works was donated to arts charities (21 November 1910, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Organizing Institution or Venue
Attended by representative of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1 November 1909 (Circa)
Frith, on behalf of the organising committee, asked the Royal Society of British Sculptors, of which he was a member, to assist with the sculpture selection. They decided to appoint two members to undertake the task (1 November 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1). Later, in a meeting on 16 December 1909, it was decided by the Executive Committee of the Exhibition that selection committees were unoffical and did not represent their respective societies (3 January 1910, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no. 1).
Participants
Selection committee members included William Silver Frith
1 November 1909 (Circa)
Frith was part of the organising committee.
Sources
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
1 November 1909; 3 January 1910; 4 April 1910; 23 May 1910; 18 July 1910; 21 November 1910.
Citing this record
'Japan-Britain Exhibition, 1910', 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_1221647239, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
