(Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury RA
Born 11 November 1856
Died 24 December 1944
Active: 1885 - 1944
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist, painter
Born in Islington, London, he was raised in Oxford. His father was Richard Drury (born c.1834 in Oxfordshire) a beer house keeper (the Great Tom in Oxford). Alfred attended Oxford School of Art and then the National Art Training School, South Kensington (c.1877–1881) where he was taught by F. W. Moody and then Jules Dalou. Between 1881-5 Drury worked in Paris with Dalou, on his return working briefly as an assistant to Edgar Boehm. His first major work was the statue of 'Circe', 1893 (bronze version in Park Square, Leeds, 1894).
Over the course of a long career, he completed many important commissions for architectural and monumental works including eight stone groups for the War Office building, Whitehall (1904–5), representing War, Peace, Truth and Justice, and Victory and Fame and the four female allegories for Vauxhall Bridge, London (c.1905). He had two sons, one of whom was the engraver the engraver (Alfred) Paul Dalou Drury (1903–1987). Died at his home, Lancaster Lodge, 40 Lancaster Road, Wimbledon.
Wealth at death: £24,363 0s. 7d.
Probate date: 20 April 1945
Works
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Base and Column for Electric Light for City Square, Leeds
Study of Head for Statue of St George
The Genius of Sculpture
1888 (Presumed)
Bust
1895
The Age of Innocence
1899 (Presumed)
Bronze Head
1900
Griselda
1901
The Age of Innocence
1901
The Little Duchess
1901 (Presumed)
Griselda
1901 (Presumed)
The story book
1903 (Circa)
Bronze head of Her Majesty the late Queen Victoria
1903
Bronze head study
1903
Spring
1905 (Circa)
The age of innocence
1906 (Circa)
Study for St George for war memorial statue for Clifton College
1907 (Circa)
The prophetess of fate
1908 (Circa)
Sculpture
1909 (Circa)
Literature
1909 (Circa)
Inspiration
1910 (Circa)
Knowledge
1910 (Circa)
The first lesson
1910 (Circa)
Spirit of Night
1912
His Majesty King George
1915 (Circa)
Ideal head of St George
1915 (Circa)
Spirit of Night
1916 (Presumed)
Study for Head of St George
1916 (Presumed)
The bather
1917 (Circa)
Study for a decorative figure
1917 (Circa)
The wood nymph
1917 (Circa)
Genuis of Painting
1918 (Presumed)
Age of Innocence
1918 (Presumed)
St Agnes
1918 (Presumed)
Mother and Child
1918 (Presumed)
Grave
1918 (Presumed)
Gay
1918 (Presumed)
My Queen
1918 (Presumed)
Griselda
1918 (Presumed)
The kiss
1919
Griselda
1919
The Bather
1919
£35
The Kiss
1923 (Presumed)
Locations
Address Great Tom St Aldate Street Oxford England | View on map
1871
Address 50 Glebe Place Chelsea London England | View on map
1890 - 1893
p. 384
Address 6 Gunter Grove Fulham Road London SW England | View on map
1893 (Circa) - 1915 (Circa)
Presume initially the location of his home and studio, and then from about 1911 only his studio (his parents are recorded at this address in the Census Returns of 1911 whilst Alfred and family are at 8 Woodthorpe Road, Putney)
Address Lancaster Lodge Lancaster Gardens London SW England | View on map
1913 - 1944
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Award received from National Scholarships, 1863
1879 - 1881
Listed as a National Scholar at the National Art Training School, London. Stone Carver and Decorator, aged 22, from South Kensington. His 'profession' on leaving the school is listed as 'With Monsieur Dalou, Sculptor, Paris' (see 'List of National Scholars', 1884, p. 190).
Beneficiary of Leighton Fund (Royal Academy of Arts), 1896-1951
1917 - 1932 (Presumed)
Drury was commissioned to create a 'statue of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A., to be erected in the courtyard of Burlington House'. Models were submitted by Drury and F. Derwent Wood, and Drury's model was selected in 1917 (see 'Annual Report, 1917', 1918, p. 6).
The Council decided in January 1932 to increase the total sum payable to him for the work from £2,000 to £2,500 (see Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1932', 1933, p. 23).
Exhibited at Sixth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1906
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1909
'Mrs Miles Kennedy'
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1910
'Mrs John Maddocks'
Exhibited at The Thirty-Fourth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1899
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Thirty-sixth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1901
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition, 1918
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, 1923
'The Kiss'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1895
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1898
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1896
'St Agnes'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1897
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1899
'Even'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1901
'Base and Column for Electric Light for City Square, Leeds'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1904
'Keystone of a New Building'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1909
'Knowledge'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
'St Agnes'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1900
'The Little Duchess'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
'The Age of Innocence'
Exhibited at City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Modern Oil Paintings and Sculpture, 1913
'Spirit of Solitude'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
'Thomas B. Wood, Esq.'
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery, Special Inaugural Exhibition of Pictures by British and Foreign Artists, 1904
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Seventh, 1903
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Ninth, 1905
'Spring'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eightieth, 1906
'The age of innocence'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-First, 1907
'Study for St George for war memorial statue for Clifton College'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Second, 1908
'The prophetess of fate'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Third, 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fourth, 1910
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Ninth, 1915
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-First, 1917
Multiple works
Exhibited at Thirty-Fourth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1895
'Bust'
Exhibited at Thirty-Ninth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1900
'Bronze Head'
Exhibited at Forty-Second Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1903
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1919
'The kiss'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1902
'The age of innocence'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1906
Multiple works
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1910
'The age of innocence'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1912
Multiple works
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1919
Multiple works
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1926
'The kiss'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1885 - 1942
Exhibited 45 times (plus work shown posthumously in 1945), an average of two works per year (between 1900-20 showed four of five pieces per year and before and after these dates typically only one or two works).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the seventeenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1887
1887
The First Lesson (cat. no. 1265, terracotta, £8).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The One Hundred and Twentieth, 1888
1888
Multiple works
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the nineteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1889
1889
A Note of Triumph (cat. no. 1484, terracotta, £20); The Genius of Sculpture (cat. no. 1514, £30); The First Reflection (cat. no. 1532, group in terracotta, £30).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Circe (cat. no. 1303, bronze group, illustrated p. 120, £700).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
Bronze Head (cat. no. 1238, study, £35).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
Study for 'The Age of Innocence' (cat. no. 1337, bronze, not for sale); Griselda (cat. no. 1338, bronze, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Mother and Child (cat. no. 1455, bronze group, £25); Portrait of a Gentleman (cat. no. 1457, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Base and Column for Electric Light (cat. no. 1437, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
T. B. Wood, Esq. (cat. no. 1486, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Special Loan Exhibition of Paintings of the British School 1878-1903, and Sculpture (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1903
September 1903
Drury exhibited one sculpture (undated).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II: 'St Agnes' (bronze head), p. 24 (171); 'The Prophetess of Fate' (bronzed bust), p. 27 (210); 'Griselda (a Study)' (bronze bust), p. 28 (223).
Exhibited at Royal Birmingham Society of Artists [Autumn] Exhibition, 1916
1916
Exhibited a 'Soldier's and Sailor's Memorial Medal': p. 30 (Case 1, no. 12). The medal was designed by Drury and died by W. Midgley.
Exhibition committee member for The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The One Hundred and Forty-Eighth (Summer Exhibition), 1916
4 April 1916 - 15 April 1916
Responsible for the arrangement of sculpture. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1916' (1917), p. 24.
Exhibition committee member for The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The One Hundred and Sixtieth (Summer Exhibition), 1928
11 April 1928 - 28 April 1928
Responsible for the arrangement of sculpture. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1928' (1929), p. 34.
Selection committee member of Chantrey Bequest (Chantrey Fund; Royal Academy of Arts), 1875-1948
1906 - 1930
Served on the selection committee in 1906, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1916, 1924 and 1926 (see Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1906', 1907, p. 21). In 1927 Drury is listed as a member of the 'Recommending Committee for Sculpture' ('Annual Report, 1927', 1928, p. 77). He served on the 'Recommending Committee' again in 1929 and 1930.
Selection committee member of Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, 1909
4 August 1909
Part of Royal Society of British Sculptors' Selection committee.
Won prize The Brussels International Exhibition, 1897
1897
Second-Class Medal (Sculpture)
Institutional and Business Connections
Committee member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1921 - 1922
Elected to serve on the Exhibitions Committee
Committee member of Royal Academy Schools
1922 - 1928
Served on the Selection Committee (junior half of the Council) in 1922. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1921', (1922), p. 31. In 1928, he served on the Selection Committee (junior half of the Council).
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
30 January 1900 - 1 January 1913
Elected RA in 1913.
Elected PRBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1914 - 1934
First listed in the Society's exhibition catalogues as President in Spring 1914; last listed as President in Autumn 1924.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
19 November 1913 - 1 January 1933
Then served as Senior RA until his death in 1944. Drury's diploma work 'Lilith' is recorded in the 1915 Royal Academy 'Annual Report', p. 70.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1943
Became honorary member in 1943.
Honorary member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1943 - 1944
Died in 1944.
Member of Chelsea Arts Club
1891
Founder member of the Chelsea Arts Club
Member of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1899 (Presumed) - 1905 (Presumed)
Executive member.
Member of Art Workers Guild
May 1899 - 1907
Resigned in 1907.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1904 - 1944
Amongst those 'Invited to join without the formality of proposal and seconding' [January 10 1905, Royal Society of British Sculptors, Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Member of council Royal Academy of Arts
1915 - 1929
Served as a Member of the Council from 1915 to 1917, 1922 to 1923, and from 1928 to 1929. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1915', (1916), p. 37.
Member of council Royal Society of British Sculptors
1919 (Presumed) - December 1919
Served as a Member of the Council in 1919, and from 1928
President of Royal Society of British Sculptors
22 January 1925
Vice-president of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1925 - 1926
Visitor at Royal Academy Schools
1901 - 1916
Listed as a visitor to the School of Modelling from the Life from 1901 onwards. See Royal Academy 'Annual Reports'.
Visitor at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1926 - 1929
Listed as a 'visitor' in the School's prospectuses from 1926-1927 to 1931-1932.
Personal and Professional Connections
Assistant to (Aimé) Jules Dalou
1881 - 1885
Drury assisted Dalou on 'The Triumph of the Third Republic' monument, place de la Nation, Paris, (1879–99)
Nominated by Thomas Brock
21 November 1893
For RA.
Nominator of George Edward Wade
15 January 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Discussion of application postponed until next meeting by George Frampton [15 January 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Application approved [5 February 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Nominator of Frederick James Halnon
5 February 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Nominator of Benjamin Clemens
19 November 1907 - 12 March 1929
Two nominations for RA, in 1907 and 1929, both unsuccessful.
Nominator of David McGill
19 November 1907
For RA.
Nominator of Charles Leonard Hartwell
19 November 1907
For RA.
Nominator of Oliver Wheatley
19 November 1907
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Arthur George Walker
19 November 1907
For RA.
Nominator of Basil Gotto
19 November 1907
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Henry Poole
2 December 1907
For RA.
Nominator of Harold Parker
2 December 1907
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of William Banbury
20 November 1911
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [20 November 1911, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Nominator of Paul Raphael Montford
1918
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Alfred Frank Hardiman
1918 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominator of James Alexander Stevenson
14 July 1925
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Richard Louis Garbe
15 March 1927
For RA.
Nominator of Edwin Whitney-Smith
February 1928
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
12 March 1929
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
12 March 1929
For RA; unsuccessful.
Pupils included Frederick James Halnon
Seconded by Andrew C. Gow
21 November 1893
For RA.
Seconder of Richard Reginald Goulden
5 November 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Studied under (Aimé) Jules Dalou
1877 (Circa) - 1880 (Circa)
Note that Drury was a National Scholar, at the National Art Training School, London, from 1879 to 1881. He is listed as being 'with Monsiuer Dalou, Sculptor, Paris', on leaving the school. See 'List of National Scholars', (1884), p. 190.
Studio assistant to (Joseph) Edgar Boehm
Based on Stocker (2004).
Taught Lucy Gwendolen Williams
1893 (Circa)
At Wimbledon School of Art
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 I, 1902 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor, medallist and chaser, and a member of the Society of Medallists, London. Exhibited a medallion panel entitled 'My Queen' in 1898. Forrer suggests that after having produced a bronze panel commemorating the completion of Blackwell Tunnel the artist 'intends giving his attention now to medallic productions'. Forrer also cites an article by Baldry in 'Magazine of Art', March, 1900. See Forrer, vol. 1, (1902), p. 443.
Listed under Sculptors 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 VII, 1923 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Forrer lists a number of comissions for public sculture and modelled figures produced by Drury. He additionally describes a portrait plaquette that was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1904, and a memorial medal entitled 'Less we Forget' that was issued by Derry and Toms, London (undated). See Forrer, vol. 7, (1923), pp. 235-236.
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2370
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist (Sculptor)' working on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor', also under column marked 'industry or service' his work is given as 'Sculpture' working 'at studio'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1921
'Sculptor', employer, working at home
Occupation given in 1939 England and Wales Register
'Artist'
Sources
1939 England and Wales Register
2018
RG101/1401D/003/7
1401D
3
7
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Eleventh Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1902
October 1902
p. 48
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Fifteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1912
November 1912
p. 49
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Fourteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1910
November 1910
p. 47
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Nineteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1926
November 1926
p. 81
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Sixteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1919
November 1919
p. 44
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1924, 1925 Royal Academy Annual Reports
20 February 1925
p. 19.
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1927, 1928 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1928
pp. 34-35, 77
Art Workers Guild Annual Reports, 1885-1900
1899, pp.5-7.
Artists and Bohemians: 100 Years with the Chelsea Arts Club
1992
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Papers relating to the founding of the Society
1888 (Circa)
'National Exhibition of the Arts'. Listed as one of 20 sculptors invited to be part of selection and hanging committee.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth, 1900 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1900
Cat. No. 1452, p. 40
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth, 1894 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1894
pp. 49-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh, 1897 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1897
pp. 44-47.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the seventeenth, 1887 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1887
pp. 74-76.
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1904
1904
Cat. No. 1241, pp. 74, 127
Catalogue of the Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
1900
Cat. No. 252, pp. 45, 49
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Modern Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Autumn 1913
1913
Cat. Nos. 226, 229, pp. 50, 55
Catalogue of the Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
1901
Cat. No. 273, pp. 48, 52
Catalogue of the Special Inaugural Exhibition of Pictures by British and Foreign Artists, 1904
1904
p. 127
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1895
1895
Cat. No. 631, pp. 54, 102
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1896
1896
Cat. No. 554, pp. 50, 70
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1897
1897
Cat. Nos. 789, 823, pp. 74, 77, 95
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1898
1898
Cat. Nos. 235, 259, pp. 26, 29, 65
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1899
1899
Cat. No. 654, p. 61
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1901
1901
Cat. No. 509, p. 48
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1909
1909
Cat. Nos. 246, 359, pp. 25, 34, 72
Catalogue of the Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
1895
Cat. No. 621, pp. 53, 58
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 1437 folio 44 page 12
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 71 folio 13 page 17
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN2446 RG78PN81 RD26 SD8 ED15 SN120
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1921
2022
RG 15 03599 135
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name
Death Date Death Place Probate Date Probate Registry
Edward Alfred Briscoe Drury 24 Dec 1944
Surrey, England
20 Apr 1945
Llandudno
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II
p. 24, no. 171:'St. Agnes'. Bronze Head.
p. 27, no. 210:'The Prophetess of Fate'.
Bronzed Bust.
p. 28, no. 223:'Griselda (a Study)'. Bronze Bust.
All lent by the Sculptor.
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Mark Stocker, ‘Drury, (Edward) Alfred Briscoe (1856–1944)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/32905, accessed 7 Jan 2010]
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2370
Prospectus of the Royal College of Art, 1926-1927 Royal College of Art
1926
Unpaged.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1893.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
pp.6-13, p.97, p.233.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.17, p.21, p.79, p.94, p.96.
Royal Academy of Arts. Directory of Membership from the Foundation in 1768 to 1995 including Honorary Members, 1996
1996
pp. 35-36.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Autumn Exhibition 1918, War-Time Catalogue, 1918
1918
p. 12.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, 1918
1918
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Spring Exhibition, 1923
1923
p. 26.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Exhibition, 1916 [Autumn] Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1916
p. 28 (189).
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. Exhibition, 1916 [Autumn] Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1916
p. 30.
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Thirty-Sixth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1901
1901
pp. 62-63.
Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Autumn Exhibition, 1924
1924
p. 2.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
10 January 1905; 5 February 1906; 5 November 1906; 1 March 1909; 4 August 1909; 20 November 1911.
The Brussels International Exhibition,
1897
(British Section)
1898
Citing this record
'(Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury RA', 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=msib2_1203718199, accessed 23 Sep 2023]
