HSH Countess Feodora Maud Georgina Gleichen
Born 20 December 1861
Died 22 February 1922
Active: 1891 - 1921
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born London, died Engine Court, St James’s Palace, London,
Wealth at death: £18,302 2s. 5d.
Probate date: 12 May 1922
Works
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Plaster Sketch of Florence Nightingale for Memorial to be erected at Derby
Portrait head - Miss Nora Burdon
1901
Model, in plaster of memorial to Sir H. Ponsonby
1901
Head of a Child
1901
Herr Kubelik
1903 (Circa)
Locations
Address St. James Palace and 74 Newman Street London | View on map
1892 (Circa) - 1904 (Circa)
Studio located at The Studio, St. Jame's Palace London | View on map
1903 (Circa) - 1915 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1911
Multiple works
Exhibited at Twelfth Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1912
'Summer'
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1913
'Plaster Sketch of Florence Nightingale for Memorial to be erected at Derby'
Exhibited at The Autumn Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Seventeenth London Exhibition), 1914
'The Vanity Bag'
Exhibited at The Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Twenty-seventh London Exhibition), 1921
Multiple works
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Ninth Exhibition, 1910
'Reredos for Revesby Church'
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Eleventh Exhibition, 1916
'Mirror'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1900
'Lady Ewan Smith'
Exhibited at Forty-Second Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1903
1903
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1892 - 1904
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
Madame Emma Calve as Santuzza (cat. no. 1171, marble bust, executed for H.M. The Queen, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
Her Majesty the Queen (cat. no. 1295, plaster 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
Master Jack Crawshay (cat. no. 1411, terracotta bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
Miss Burden (cat. no. 1641, bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Herr Kubelik (cat. no. 1488, bronze bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
British Sculpture, Gallery II: 'Head of the late Arthur Strong', p. 28 (227). Lent by the sculptor.
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1904 (Presumed) - 1920 (Presumed)
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1922
First woman member (posthumous).
Personal and Professional Connections
Brother/sibling of Helena Emily Gleichen
Helena was the younger sibling.
Daughter/son/child of H.R.I. Gleichen
1861 - 1922
Shared studio with Helena Emily Gleichen
1901 (Circa) - 1905 (Circa)
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 II, 1904 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist. Member of the Society of Medallists and exhibited a number of portrait and society medals at the Society's exhibitions in 1899 and 1901. Forrer cites Speilmann's 'British Sculpture and Sculptors of To-day' (1901), as a source: this source provides further biographical information. See Forrer, vol. 2, (1904), pp. 278-279.
Sources
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1904
1904
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1907
1907
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Rules and List of Members, 1920
1920
p.4.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Eleventh Exhibition.
1916
p.219.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Ninth Exhibition.
1910
p.145.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth, 1900 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1900
Cat. No. 1436A, p. 39
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 modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1896
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, 1913, held at the Grosvenor Gallery, 51a New Bond Street., W.
1913
p.18.
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. 28, no. 227:'Head of the late Arthur Strong'.
Lent by the Sculptor.
International Society press cuttings, from spring 1921
1921 (Circa)
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Andrea Garrihy, ‘Gleichen, Lady Feodora Georgina Maud (1861–1922)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33423, accessed 5 Feb 2009]
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council and Accounts For the Year ending 21 December 1922. To be Presented at the Eighteenth Ordinary General Meeting, 1923
26 February 1923
p. 3
Citing this record
'HSH Countess Feodora Maud Georgina Gleichen', 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_1205534661, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
