Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1895
End Date: 1895 (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 five Artists' Exhibitions, two exhibitions of works on loan, two "Arts and Crafts" Exhibitions, an International Photographic Exhibition, and an exhibition of Black and White. These were of a high standard of excellence, and were visited by over 333,000 people' (Year's Art, 1894, p. 172).
Display Arrangement: Sculpture was shown in the South Room.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Head of a Brownie
Exhibition included Panel for Church Decoration
Exhibition included Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
Exhibition included Medallion
Exhibition included Medallion Portrait
Exhibition included Edward I
Exhibition included Amphitrite
Exhibition included Circe
Exhibited with the tag-line: "Instant her circling wand, the goddess waves, To hogs transforms them, and the sty receives" (Odyssey, Book X)
Exhibition included Morning
Exhibition included At the Brook
Exhibition included Bust of Christ
Exhibition included Bust of the Virgin
Exhibition included A West Riding Home Ruler
Offered for sale Head of a Brownie
£7 7s.
Offered for sale Panel for Church Decoration
£30
Offered for sale Medallion
£3 3s.
Offered for sale Medallion Portrait
£7 7s.
Offered for sale Edward I
£300
Offered for sale Amphitrite
Offered for sale by commission in bronze for £200
Offered for sale Circe
£650
Purchased for the Leeds collection
Offered for sale Morning
£52 10s.
Offered for sale At the Brook
Offered for sale by commission in marble or bronze for £157 10s.
Offered for sale Bust of Christ
£10
Offered for sale Bust of the Virgin
£10
Offered for sale A West Riding Home Ruler
£6 6s.
Participants
Exhibitors included Henry Charles Fehr
'Amphitrite'
Exhibitors included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Ada Freeman Gell
'At the Brook'
Exhibitors included (August Alexander) Ferdinand Junck
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Alice Gates
'A West Riding Home Ruler'
Exhibitors included William Hamo Thornycroft
'Edward I'
Exhibitors included (Mary Louisa) Hermione Unwin
'Medallion Portrait'
Exhibitors included Kathleen Trousdell Shaw
'Medallion'
Exhibitors included Mark Rogers Junior
'Reading, Writing and Arithmetic'
Exhibitors included Ellen Mary Rope
Multiple works
Sources
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1895
1895
Citing this record
'Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1895', 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_1207221541, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
