The Seventy-Sixth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1902
End Date: 1902
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: Premises enlarged in 1868 providing six galleries in total. The exhibition contained 822 works.
Policy: The Notice to Exhibitors page stated: 'no Works which have been publicly exhibited in Birmingham, no copies (except Paintings in enamel, Miniature, and Impressions from unpublished medals in which case the name of the designer must be specified), no vignette Portraits, nor any Drawings without back grounds (except architectural designs) can be received.'
Display Arrangement: Exhibition held in six rooms. Sculpture, jewellery, pottery were exhibited separately with miniatures in the East Room.
Exhibits
Exhibition included The Triumph of Art and Science
1902
Exhibition included Her Majesty Queen Victoria
1902
Exhibition included His Majesty the King
1902
Exhibition included Orpheus and Eurydice
1902
Exhibition included The Dustman
1902
Exhibition included Portrait Bust
1902
Exhibition included Melancholy
1902
Exhibition included Thos Underhill, Esq., MA, JP
1902
Exhibition included The Late Chung Keng Quee (listed as The Late Cheng Keng Lei)
1902
Exhibition included La Cruche Cassée
1902
Exhibition included Aurore
1902
Exhibition included Aurore
1902
Exhibition included Yatching Cup
1902
Exhibition included At the Top of the Hill
1902
Exhibition included Scent Bottle
1902
Exhibition included Vase
1902
Exhibition included Bowl
1902
Exhibition included Salt
1902
Exhibition included Vase
1902
Exhibition included Vase
1902
Exhibition included Puff Box
1902
Exhibition included Vase
1902
Exhibition included Vase
1902
Exhibition included Bowl
1902
Exhibition included Ink
1902
Exhibition included Silver Clasp
1902
Exhibition included Case of Jewellery
1902
Exhibition included Case of Enamels
1902
Exhibition included Oberon
1902
Exhibition included Case of Medals
1902
Exhibition included Case of Jewellery
1902
Offered for sale Case of Jewellery
1. Gold Pendant with Opals, £4 4s.;
2. Cloak Clasps, Oxidised Silver, with Turquoise, £5;
3. Hat Pin, Oxidised Silver, £1 5s.;
4. Hat Pin, Oxidised Silver with Turquoise, £2 10s.;
5. Lace Pin, Oxidised Silver, with Turquoise, £1 5s.;
6. Set of Three Buttons, Oxidised Silver with Turquoise, £3 3s.;
7. One of a Set of Three Buttons, with Opals
8. One of a Set of Three Buttons, with Turquoise
Offered for sale Orpheus and Eurydice
1902
£200
Offered for sale The Dustman
1902
£36 15s.
Offered for sale La Cruche Cassée
1902
£10 10s.
Offered for sale Yatching Cup
1902
£15 15s.
Offered for sale At the Top of the Hill
1902
£105
Offered for sale Scent Bottle
1902
11s.
Offered for sale Vase
1902
18s.
Offered for sale Bowl
1902
£1
Offered for sale Salt
1902
12s.
Offered for sale Vase
1902
5s.
Offered for sale Vase
1902
£1 10s.
Offered for sale Puff Box
1902
£1
Offered for sale Vase
1902
5s.
Offered for sale Vase
1902
18s.
Offered for sale Bowl
1902
£1
Offered for sale Ink
1902
13s.
Offered for sale Case of Jewellery
1902
Case included ten objects:
1.Lace Pins and Chain, Silver and Chrysoprase (£1 s.10)
2. Lace Pin, Silver, Garents and Chrysoprase (£1 s.5)
3. Dress Clasp, Silver and Chrysoprase (£2 s.10)
4. Brooch, Silver, Garnets and Pearls (£1 s.15)
5. Ring, Gold, Pearls and Turquoise (£3 s.3)
6. Pin, Silver and Amazon Stone (s. 15)
7. Cross, Silver Enamelled, Opals and Pearls (£2 s.5)
8. Pin, Silver and Turquoise (s.15)
9. Belt Safety Pin, Silver and Topaz (s. 15)
10. Cross and Chain, Silver, Amethysts and Aqua-Marines (£1 s.5)
Offered for sale Case of Enamels
1902
1) 2 Silver and Enamel Waist-Belt Clasps, £2 2s. each; 2) 2 Silver and Enamel Hat Pins, £1 1s. each; 3) Silver and Enamel Pendant, £1 10s.; 4) Silver and Enamel Hair Slide, £1 1s.
Offered for sale Oberon
1902
£52 10s.
Participants
Exhibitors included William Howson Taylor
'Puff Box'
Exhibitors included Edward Richard Taylor
Multiple works
Exhibitors included William George de Saulles
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Gilbert William Bayes
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Alice L. Reily
'Silver Clasp'
Exhibitors included Margaret J. Awdry
'Case of Jewellery'
Exhibitors included Annie Steen
'Case of Jewellery'
Exhibitors included Effie D. Ward
'Case of Enamels'
Exhibitors included Edith M. Linnell
'Case of Jewellery '
Exhibitors included (Peter) Frederick Marriott
'Oberon'
Exhibitors included Gertrude Smith
'Yatching Cup '
Exhibitors included Charles John Allen
Multiple works
Exhibitors included A.W. Midgley
'The Triumph of Art and Science'
Exhibitors included Francis John Williamson
'Her Majesty Queen Victoria'
Exhibitors included Albert Arthur Toft
'His Majesty the King'
Exhibitors included Frank Mowbray Taubman
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Margaret Ward Wamsley
'Portrait Bust '
Exhibitors included Percy F. Walwyn
'Melancholy'
Exhibitors included A. Hopkins
'Thos Underhill, Esq., MA, JP'
Exhibitors included Benjamin Creswick
'The Late Cheng Keng Lei'
Exhibitors included Alexandre Zeitlin
Multiple works
Sources
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Seventy-Sixth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1902
1902
pp. 68-71 (Miniatures and Jewellery: 759-98); pp. 71-72 (Sculpture: 799-811A); p. 72 (Pottery: 812-22)
Citing this record
'The Seventy-Sixth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 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=msib4_1203074806, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
