Miss Mary Morton ARWA, RWA, FRBS
Born 1880 (Circa)
Died 15 June 1965
Active: 1907 - 1948
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in Stroud, Gloucestershire. She was the daughter of George Morton (born c.1839 in the East Indies), a retired surgeon in 1881. Died in London.
Wealth at death: £22,900 0s. 0d.
Probate date: 10 August 1965
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Spring
1907 (Presumed)
£1 1s.
Autumn
1907 (Presumed)
£1 1s.
Portrait Medal
1907 (Presumed)
Dreams
1907 (Presumed)
£10 10s.
Portrait Bust
1907 (Presumed)
Christ Blessing Little Children
1913 (Presumed)
Portrait
1913 (Presumed)
Eva Morton
1913 (Presumed)
Lamia
1913 (Presumed)
£6 6s.
The Sacrifice
1913 (Presumed)
£6 6s.
I was a Stranger, and ye took Me in
1915 (Presumed)
£10
The Pool
1915 (Presumed)
£10
Motherhood
1915 (Presumed)
£15
Nannie
1916 (Presumed)
£10
To the Brave
1916 (Presumed)
£12
The Munition Girl
1918 (Presumed)
£25
Portrait
1918 (Presumed)
The Prayer
1918 (Presumed)
£6
The Old Monk
1919 (Presumed)
£15
The Storm
1919 (Presumed)
£10
Flight
1919 (Presumed)
£30
Portrait Plaques
1920 (Presumed)
The Little Munition Girl
1920 (Presumed)
£50
Dawn
1920 (Presumed)
Available in Bronze and Marble:
Bronze - £500.0.0
Marble - £800.0.0
Ophelia
1921 (Presumed)
£30
The Sonata
1921 (Presumed)
£35
The Chant
1921 (Presumed)
£35
Midday Heat
1922 (Presumed)
£300
The Seaplane
1923 (Presumed)
£150
Asleep
1923 (Presumed)
£10
By the Lake of Galilee
1924 (Presumed)
£200
The Arrival
1924 (Presumed)
£30
The Treetop
1925 (Presumed)
£45
Youth
1925 (Presumed)
£10
The Infancy of Orpheus
1926 (Presumed)
£40
Charles Kennedy Scott, Esq.
1926 (Presumed)
£50
Door Knocker
1926 (Presumed)
£4 4s.
Motor Mascot
1926 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
The Little Mermaid
1927 (Presumed)
£35
The Elf
1927 (Presumed)
£10
Mischief
1927 (Presumed)
£10
The Great Specialist
1927 (Presumed)
£35
Group for Garden
1928 (Presumed)
£200
Miss D. E. G. Woollard, RWA
1928 (Presumed)
Margaret
1928 (Presumed)
£45
Spring
1929 (Presumed)
£80
Playmates
1929
Charles Kennedy Scott, Esq.
1931 (Circa)
Young Orpheus
1931 (Circa)
Locations
Address Bisley Old Road Stroud | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 20 Beaufort Road Clifton Bristol | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1910 (Circa)
Address 10 Tennyson Mansions Queen's Club Gardens London | View on map
1913
Address 1 Augustine's Road Brook Green London | View on map
1916
Address 33 Warwick Chambers Pater Street London | View on map
1917 - 1922
Address 11 Aubrey Road Campden Hill London | View on map
1922 - 1929 (Circa)
Address given incorrectly as 'Aubrey Avenue' in Leeds sources
Address The Cottage 7 Oakfield Street London | View on map
1936 (Circa) - 1940 (Circa)
Address 57 Elsham Road London | View on map
1941 (Circa) - 1948 (Circa)
Address Sopworth House 4 Rosecroft Avenue London NW3 | View on map
1965
Living here at the time of her death.
Studio located at 10 Auriol Road Baron's Court London | View on map
1914 (Circa) - 1915 (Circa)
Listed at The Studio at this address
Studio located at Studio E, 416 Fulham Road Chelsea Studios London | View on map
1929 - 1936 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1910
'Medals'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists, 1927
'The Arrival'
Exhibited at City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists, 1927
'Margaret'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventieth Annual Exhibition, 1931
'Charles Kennedy Scott, Esq.'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1929
'Playmates'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1931
'Young Orpheus'
Exhibited at Exhibition of the Bristol Academy, Annual Spring Exhibition for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, The Sixty-Second, 1907
1907
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1909 - 1941
Exhibited 22 times, usually 1 work each year modelled or in bronze to c. 1927 and then often carved thereafter (ivory or wood).
Exhibited at Exhibition of the Bristol Academy, Annual Spring Exhibition for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, The Sixty-Eighth, 1913
1913
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1914 - 1948
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 17 times: 1914 (2 works), 1927 (2 works), 1928 (1 work), 1929 (1 work), 1930 (1 work), 1932 (1 work), 1934 (1 work), 1935 (1 work), 1936 (1 work), 1937 (2 works), 1939 (1 work), 1940 (1 work), 1941 (1 work), 1942 (1 work), 1944 (1 work), 1946 (2 works) and 1948 (1 work)
Exhibited at Exhibition of the Bristol Academy, Annual Spring Exhibition for the Promotion of the Fine Arts, The Seventieth, 1915
1915
Exhibited at The Seventy-First Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1916
1916
Exhibited at The Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1918
1918
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1919
1919
Apart from objects listed Morton also exhibited Exhibit No.707, Bronze Medallions
Exhibited at The Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Exhibited at The Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1921
1921
Exhibited at The Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922
Exhibited at The Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1923-4
2 October 1923 - 2 February 1923
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1923 - 1940
Exhibited 12 times (an average of 2 works per show)
Exhibited at The Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924
1924
Exhibited at The Eightieth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1925-1926
2 November 1925 - 6 February 1926
Exhibited at The Eighty-First Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1926-1927
1 November 1926 - 5 February 1927
Also exhibited 'Door Handles (pair) for Sliding Doors' (cat. no. 853, £7 7s.).
Exhibited at The Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1927-1928
31 October 1927 - 4 February 1928
Exhibited at The Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1928-1829
29 October 1928 - 2 February 1929
Exhibited at The Eighty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1929-1930
4 November 1929 - 8 February 1930
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1926 (Circa) - 1948
Became fellow in 1948.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1948 - 1965
Died in 1965.
Professional member of The Royal West of England Academy
1918 (Circa) - 1930
Listed as Professional Member 'Sculpture'
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary modeller living in London. Forrer notes that the artist exhibited portrait plaques, portrait medals and medals in 1912, 1913 and 1915. See vol. 8, (1930), p. 79.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art student'
Sources
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twentieth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1929
November 1929
p. 71
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twenty-first Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1931
November 1931
p. 69
Catalogue for the Eightieth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1925
1925
Catalogue for the Eighty-First Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1926
1926
Catalogue for the Eighty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1929
1929
Catalogue for the Eighty-Second Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1927
1927
Catalogue for the Eighty-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1928
1928
Catalogue for the Seventy-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1923
1923
Catalogue for the Seventy-Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1920
1920
Catalogue for the Seventy-First Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1916
1916
Catalogue for the Seventy-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1919
1919
Catalogue for the Seventy-Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1924
1924
Catalogue for the Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1922
1922
Catalogue for the Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1921
1921
Catalogue for the Seventy-Third Annual Exhibition of the Royal West of England Academy, 1918
1918
Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists
1927
Cat. Nos. 381, 383, pp. 36, 43
Catalogue of the Inaugural Exhibition of the Work of Living British Artists, Leeds City Art Gallery 1927
1927 (Presumed)
Cat. No. 336, pp. 23, 29
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1910
1910
Cat. No. 545, pp. 45, 79
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 2545 folio 5 page 4
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 ; Piece: 2367; Folio: 101; Page: 22; Schedule No: 101
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN409 RG78PN13 RD4 SD2 ED12 SN4
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Mary Morton
Probate Date: 10 Aug 1965
Death Date: 15 Jun 1965
Death Place: London, England
Registry: London, England
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
The Times, Wednesday, Jun 16, 1965; pg. 1; Issue 56349; col A Deaths, accessed 25 October 2009
Citing this record
'Miss Mary Morton ARWA, RWA, FRBS', 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/person.php?id=msib1_1218543334, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
