Hester Mabel White
Born 1870
Active: 1898 - 1948
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. She was the daughter of William F. White (born c.1833 in Blackheath) who was the vicar of Stonehouse in Gloucestershire. The family had some means as there were four servants employed in 1891 in Stonehouse and one or two thereafter when Mabel White was living in London.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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St Francis and the Turtledoves
Locations
Address The Vicarage High Street Stonehouse | View on map
1870 - 1891 (Circa)
Her family home
Address 57 Linden Gardens Bayswater London | View on map
1898 (Circa)
Address Stonehouse Churchfield Road London | View on map
1899 (Circa) - 1903 (Circa)
This is probably number 16 Churchfield Road
Address 16 Churchfield Road Ealing London | View on map
1905 (Circa) - 1909 (Circa)
This is probably the Stonehouse, Churchfield Road
Address 89 Clarendon Road Notting Hill London | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Living here with her older sister Edith
Address 101 Iffley Road Oxford | View on map
1920 (Circa)
Address 54 Madeley Road Ealing London | View on map
1948 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at Ninth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1911
Multiple works
Exhibited at Tenth Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1910
'The First Snowdrop'
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Sixth Exhibition, 1899
'Plaster Medallion'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1909
'St Francis and the Turtle Doves'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1902
'Thoughts of Childhood'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1903
'Thos Carlyle'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1909
'The First Snowdrop'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1898 - 1948
Exhibited 9 times (a gap between 1920-48), 10 works in all (statuettes, panels, medallions in copper, bronze, marble and wood)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
The Thoughts of Childhood (cat. no. 1537, marble bust, £42); The Sleep of Brünhilde (cat. no. 1633, copper panel, £8 8s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Jean Valjean (cat. no. 1466, pewter medallion, £3 3s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Thomas Carlyle (cat. no. 1470, pewter medallion, £3 3s.).
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
Forrer notes that the artist exhibited medallic works at the Royal Academy, London, in 1898, 1899, 1902 and 1903. See vol. 8, (1930), p. 271.
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 VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary modeller and sculptor living in London and a pupil of the sculptor O. Waldmann. Exhibited a copper panel at the Royal Academy, London, in 1899 and exhibited a portrait medallion at the 1903 Paris Salon. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), pp. 462-463.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor (Artist)' and her older sister, Edith, was a 'Teacher' both working on own account at home
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
None
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Sixth Exhibition.
1899
p.137.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1902
1902
Cat. No. 488, pp. 46, 73
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1903
1903
Cat. No. 350, pp. 37, 85
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1909
1909
Cat. No. 248, pp. 26, 90
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841
2010
RG14PN152 RG78PN5 RD2 SD2 ED13 SN112
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 2021; Folio 40; Page 1; GSU roll: 6097131
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 1192 folio 80 page 18
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Hester Mabel White
Year of Registration: 1870
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
District: Stroud (1837 Onw)
County: Gloucestershire
Volume: 6a
Page: 305
Citing this record
'Hester Mabel White', 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_1204065683, accessed 29 May 2023]
