Miss Alice Mary Chaplin
Born 1848
Died 15 June 1921
Active: 1880 - 1911
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, painter
Born in Sudbury, Suffolk. She was the daughter of James Chaplin (born c.1819 in St. Lawrence Jewry, London) was a merchant's agent in 1851. He was reported to be an adept wood carver also. Alice Chaplin was brought to the attention of Queen Victoria by Joseph Edgar Boehm and received a number of commissions for portraits of royal pets. ['The Queen's Sculptor', The Sculptor, May 1898, p. 60].
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.
Locations
Address Railway Road Braintree | View on map
1851
Address 151 Fulham Road London | View on map
1871
Address 12 Sydney Street Chelsea London | View on map
1880 (Circa) - 1883
Between 1880 and 1883 listed at Queen's Road (West).
Address 4 Queen's Road Chelsea London | View on map
1881
And her sister Florence who was also an artist. In Graves the address is given as '4a Queen's Road West'.
Address 454A Fulham Studios London | View on map
1884 (Circa) - 1886 (Circa)
At this address again in 1890-2
Address 50 Lillie Road Fulham London | View on map
1888
Address 5 Adeney Road Fulham London | View on map
1891
Address 186 Marylebone Road London NW | View on map
1893
Address 139 Marylebone Road London NW | View on map
1894
Address Eyot Cottage Chiswick Mall London | View on map
1896
Address 60 Tournay Road Fulham London | View on map
1901
Address 144 Rucklidge Avenue Harlesden London | View on map
1911
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Second Exhibition, 1889
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1880 (Circa) - 1896 (Circa)
Exhibited 12 times, eighteen works in all (chiefly studies or portraits of animals, some for Queen Victoria, in terracotta and bronze)
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the twelfth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1882
1882
Kitten at Play (cat. no. 1581, £3 3s.); After a Ball (cat. no. 1582, £3 3s.).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the thirteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1883
1883
At Bay (cat. no. 1615, terracotta, £15 15s.).
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the fourteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1884
1884
Fireside Friends (cat. no. 2233, terracotta, £7 7s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1885
1885
A Playful Pet (cat. no. 1440, terracotta, £3 3s.); Her Majesty the Queen's Favourite Dogs, 'Noble,' 'Fern,' and 'Spot' (cat. no. 1441, plaster, not for sale); 'What have you there, Pussy?' (cat. no. 1442, terracotta, £3 3s.); Puggy's Admirer (cat. no. 1444, terracotta, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the seventeenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1887
1887
The Stray Chicken's Fate (cat. no. 1274, £1 1s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
Tit Bits (cat. no. 1338, terracotta, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
Hounds in Full Cry (cat. no. 1172, plaster group, £25).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
J. J. Paderewski (cat. no. 1333, £3 3s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Study of a Bear (cat. no. 1304, wax, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
The Toilet (cat. no. 1296, terracotta, £15 15s.).
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
None, living with mother who was 'Independent'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
Both Alice Mary and her sister Florence (born c.1850) 'Artist' followed by letters, possibly 'LP' or '/P'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Artist Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist - painter Sculp.'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist modelling in Clay' working on own account at home
Sources
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 twenty-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
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-seventh, 1897 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1897
pp. 44-47.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third, 1893 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1893
pp. 42-45.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth, 1885 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1885
pp. 85-87.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the seventeenth, 1887 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1887
pp. 74-76.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851
2005
Class: HO107; Piece: 1785; Folio: 536; Page: 29; GSU roll: 207434
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 81; Folio: 36; Page: 8; GSU roll: 824583
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class RG11
Piece number 78
Folio 36
Page 5
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class RG12
Piece number 48
Folio 17
Page 29
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class RG13
Piece number 60
Folio 114
Page 33
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN7016 RG78PN346A RD129 SD1 ED36 SN254
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
First name(s) ALICE M
Last name CHAPLIN
Gender Female
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1848
Age 73
Death quarter 2
Death year 1921
District FULHAM
County London
Volume 1A
Page 294
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Alice Mary Chaplin
Registration Year: 1848
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Sudbury
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 12
Page: ?8?
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1882 Walker Art Gallery
1882
pp. 90-91.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1883 Walker Art Gallery
1883
pp. 93-94.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1884 Walker Art Gallery
1884
pp. 129-132.
Citing this record
'Miss Alice Mary Chaplin', 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_1208961698, accessed 29 May 2023]
