Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1892
End Date: 1892 (Presumed)
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 'Recitals of music are given in the Central Court twice a week during the special exhibitions, and prove a great attraction. The upper floor, in which the special exhibitions are held, consists of five extensive rooms, and a couple of balconies overlooking the Central Court. The galleries are all lighted from the roof, and at night by electricity. Since the opening there have been four Artists' Exhibitions, two exhibitions of works on loan, one "Arts and Crafts" Exhibition, an International Photographic Exhibition, and two exhibitions of works on loan [sic]. These were of a high standard of excellence, and were visited by over 299,000 people' (Year's Art, 1893, p. 169).
Exhibits
Exhibition included On the Sea Beach
Exhibition included The Spring of Maidenhood
Exhibition included Widowhood
Exhibition included The Haunted Glen
Exhibition included The Apothecary - 'Romeo and Juliet'
Exhibition included Sir David Lindesay, 'Marmion'
Exhibition included Dancers
Exhibition included Miss Annie Simpson
Exhibition included Miss Florence Duncan
Exhibition included Portrait Bust of Sir Edward Baines, KNT
presented to the Yorkshire College by members of 'his' family - unclear whether artist's family or sitter's family but probably the latter
Exhibition included Miss Annie Clarke
Exhibition included Rt Hon. W. E. Gladstone, MP
Offered for sale On the Sea Beach
£12
Offered for sale The Spring of Maidenhood
£20
Offered for sale Widowhood
£15
Offered for sale The Haunted Glen
£10 10s.
Offered for sale The Apothecary - 'Romeo and Juliet'
£20
Offered for sale Sir David Lindesay, 'Marmion'
£20
Offered for sale Dancers
£10 10s.
Participants
Exhibitors included Mark Rogers Junior
'Sir David Lindesay, 'Marmion''
Exhibitors included Rose Le Quesne
'Dancers'
Exhibitors included Florence Newman
'Miss Annie Clarke'
Exhibitors included John Adams-Acton
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Frank Fisher
'The Haunted Glen'
Exhibitors included (August Alexander) Ferdinand Junck
Multiple works
Sources
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1892
1892
Citing this record
'Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1892', 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=msib5_1207039357, accessed 02 Apr 2023]
