James Milo Ap Griffith RCA

Works

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Group

Lord Byron

The Spartan Mother

The First Repast

Bust of H.I.H. the Duchess of Edinburgh

The First Repast

Old Bogie

Bust

The Wise Virgin

Old Bogie

The First Repast

Caractacus in Chains Before Claudius

Contest between Corineus and Goëmagot - An early British Legend
1870 (Presumed)

The Harvest Queen
1870 (Presumed)

Musidora
1870 (Presumed)

Mr Thomas Williams of Canton
1870 (Presumed)

Head of Boadicea
1870 (Presumed)

Cain preparing his Sacrifice
1870 (Presumed)

Boadicea
1880 (Presumed)

George Washington
1880 (Presumed)
£2 2s.

The Greek Mother
1880 (Presumed)
£15 15s.

The late Sir John Fox Burgoyne, GCB
1880 (Presumed)
£2 2s.

C. R. M. Talbot, Esq., MP
1880 (Presumed)
£5 5s.

A Lady
1880 (Presumed)

A Lady
1880 (Presumed)

Morning
1880 (Presumed)

Evening
1880 (Presumed)

Studies in Slate
1880 (Presumed)

Duke of Wellington
1880 (Presumed)

Little Innocent
1883 (Presumed)

Coursing
1883 (Presumed)

The First Repast
1883 (Presumed)
£50

Terra Cotta Bust
1883 (Presumed)

My Guardian
1884 (Presumed)

Mother and Child
1884 (Presumed)

An Evening Star
1884 (Presumed)

Ione
1884 (Presumed)

Summer Flowers
1884 (Presumed)

Funded the creation of Sabina
1884 (Presumed)

Portrait of a Lady
1884 (Presumed)

Ione
1885 (Presumed)

Little Innocence
1885 (Presumed)

Sabrina, Goddess of the Severn
1888 (Presumed)
£300

Mercury, after Giovanni Bologna
1888 (Presumed)

Primroses
1888 (Presumed)

Her Majesty the Queen
1888 (Presumed)
£1 1s.

Coursing, 'temps' Elizabeth
1888 (Presumed)
£30

Late Rev. Thomas Thomas, DD, Principal of Pontypool College
1889 (Presumed)

Locations

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Address 51 Coleshill Street London | View on map
1863 (Circa)

Address 54 Devonshire Street Portland Place London | View on map
1867 (Circa) - 1871 (Circa)

Address Cardiff | View on map
1870 (Circa)

Address 29 Clipstone Street Fitzroy Square London | View on map
1872 (Circa) - 1874 (Circa)
There is some uncertainty about this address for Griffith. Groves places him at '29 Chipstone Street' and the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists in Manchester, 1874 lists him at '29 Chepstow Street, Fitzroy Square'. It is presumed these are both typesetting errors.

Address 77 Charlotte Street Portland Place London | View on map
1875 (Circa)

Address 68 Lady Margaret Road Kentish Town London | View on map
1877 (Circa)
Graves (1905-6) gives the house number as 64

Address 14 Granby Street St Pancras London | View on map
1881 (Circa)

Address 243 Stanhope Street Regent's Park London | View on map
1882 (Circa) - 1889 (Circa)
Also using other address between this date

Address 45 Mornington Road London | View on map
1886 (Circa)

Address 4 Woronzow Terrace St Marylebone London | View on map
1891 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru National Museum of Wales Exhibition of Works by Certain Modern Artists of Welsh Birth or Extraction, 1913
'Mother and Child'

Exhibited at Fifth Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colour, and Architectural Designs, &c. (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1885
'Little Innocence'

Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1877
Multiple works

Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Royal Institution, First Autumn Exhibition, 1883
'The First Repast'

Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1874
'Old Bogie'

Exhibited at Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1875
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1863 - 1889
Exhibited 20 times, often 2-3 works per year.

Exhibited at Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition (Cardiff), 1870
16 August 1870 - 1 October 1870

Exhibited at Art Exhibition opened at the Drill Hall, Merthyr Tydfil, 1880
27 May 1880 - 1880

Exhibited at Cardiff Art Society Second Exhibition, 1880
5 May 1880 - 1880

Exhibited at Art Exhibition of the Royal National Eisteddfod, 1883
1883

Exhibited at The Fine Art Exhibition to Aid the Establishing of the Royal Cambrian Academy, 1884
1884

Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the fourteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1884
1884
Sabrina (cat. no. 2215, exhibited in Room C including marble pedestal, £500); Summer Flowers (cat. no. 2217, terracotta, exhibited in Room E, £157 10s.); Ione (cat. no. 2229, £57 15s.); Highlander Carrying Home Dead Deer (cat. no. 2231, wax, £63); Little Innocence (cat. no. 2272, marble bust, £42); My Guardian (cat. no. 2278, terracotta, £168); The Ancient Woodman (cat. no. 2280, bronze, exhibited in Room O, £840).

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1885
1885
An Evening Star (cat. no. 1421, bronze, £50); Primroses (cat. no. 1423, terracotta, £12 10s.).

Exhibited at South Wales Art Society and Sketching Club 1st Annual Exhibition, 1888
1888

Exhibited at South Wales Art Society and Sketching Club 2nd Annual Exhibition, 1889
1889

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the nineteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1889
1889
Music and Dancing (cat. no. 1527, low relief, not for sale).

Won prize Art Exhibition of the Royal National Eisteddfod, 1883
1883
£37 7s.
Griffith won the Gold Medal for Best Work in Competition, £30 for the Best Piece of Sculpture and £7 7s for the Best Life-Sized Portrait Bust of a Welsh Worthy.

Institutional and Business Connections

Member of Royal Cambrian Academy of Art
1888

Member of The South Wales Art Society
1888 - 1889

Member of sub-committee Sub-Committee for Statuary, Porcelain and Curiosities
1880 (Circa) - 1881 (Presumed)

Personal and Professional Connections

Wife/husband/spouse to Emily Griffith
They were married in 1879.

Descriptions of Practice

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Sculptor'

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Carver' employed

Sources

A Catalogue of the Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition 1881
1881 (Presumed)

Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum of Wales Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by Certain Modern Artists of Welsh Birth or Extraction. National Museum of Wales Exhibition Catalogues
1914

Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth, 1885 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1885
pp. 85-87.

Cardiff Art Society Second Exhibition, Catalogue
1880
p.7

Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1874
1874
Cat. Nos. 689, 694, 697, 700, pp. 63, 64, 70

Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1875
1875
Cat. Nos. 800, 810, 811, 813, pp. 74, 75, 83

Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1877
1877
Cat. Nos. 1000, 1004, 1007, pp. 84, 85, 94

Catalogue of the First Autumn Exhibition, 1883
1883
Cat. Nos. 940, pp. 68, 77

Catalogue to the Art Exhibition of the Royal National Eisteddfod, Cardiff, 1883
1883

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 178; Folio: 46; Page: 51; Line: ; GSU roll: 1341038

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 104; Folio 94; Page 34; GSU roll: 6095214

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: James Milo Griffith Probate Date: 31 Oct 1903 Death Date: 8 Sep 1897 Death Place: Middlesex, England Registry: London

Fifth Annual Autumn Exhibition of Modern Pictures in Oil and Water Colour, and Architectural Designs, Etc., 1885
1885
pp. 103-104.

Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition
1870

Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1884 Walker Art Gallery
1884
pp. 129-132.

Official Catalogue, Art Exhibition opened at the Drill Hall, Merthyr Tydfil
1880

South Wales Art Society and Sketching Club 1st Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1888

South Wales Art Society and Sketching Club 2nd Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1889

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 3: Eadie to Harraden
1905
pp. 323-24