Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1896
End Date: 1896 (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 Knucklebones
Exhibition included Virgin and Child
Exhibition included A Vegetable Telephone
Exhibition included Guardian Angel
Exhibition included Medallion Portrait
Exhibition included Dorothea
Exhibition included Day
Exhibition included Night
Exhibition included Byblis
Exhibition included St Agnes
Exhibition included M. R. Corbet, Esq.
Exhibition included A Study
Exhibition included Study
Exhibition included The Charities that Soothe and Heal and Bless
Exhibition included Nine Medallions
Exhibition included Panel
Exhibition included Portrait of Alderman J. Hepworth, JP
Exhibition included Alderman J. Hepworth
Offered for sale Knucklebones
£200
Offered for sale Virgin and Child
£10 10s.
Offered for sale A Vegetable Telephone
£2 10s.
Offered for sale Guardian Angel
£10
Offered for sale Medallion Portrait
£4 4s.
Offered for sale Dorothea
115s. 6d.
Offered for sale Byblis
£40
Offered for sale St Agnes
£20
Offered for sale M. R. Corbet, Esq.
£210
Offered for sale A Study
52s. 6d.
Offered for sale Study
£3 3s.
Offered for sale The Charities that Soothe and Heal and Bless
£3 3s.
Offered for sale Panel
£2 2s.
Participants
Exhibitors included Gustav Natorp
'Byblis'
Exhibitors included (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
'St Agnes'
Exhibitors included Edward Onslow Ford
'M. R. Corbet, Esq.'
Exhibitors included Alice Gates
'A Study'
Exhibitors included May Heatherington Barker
'Study'
Exhibitors included Margaret May Giles
'The Charities that Soothe and Heal and Bless'
Exhibitors included Oliver Wheatley
'Nine Medallions'
Exhibitors included Ellen Mary Rope
'Panel'
Exhibitors included Hannah Hunt
'Portrait of Alderman J. Hepworth, JP'
Exhibitors included Mabel Inez Laws
'Alderman J. Hepworth'
Exhibitors included Edward Caldwell Spruce
Multiple works
Exhibitors included (Mary Louisa) Hermione Unwin
Multiple works
Sources
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1896
1896
Citing this record
'Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1896', 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_1207817018, accessed 25 Mar 2023]
