Miss Eleanor T. Rowe

Born 1853
Died 3 January 1920

Active: 1881 - 1911

Country of birth and death: England

Wood carver, manager of art school

Born in Hampstead, London. She was the daughter of Richard Rowe (born c.1798 in Exeter, Devon), East India (Tea) Merchant. She trained as a wood carver in the 1870s. By 1881 she was working as a wood carver and around 1901 was managing the School of Art Wood Carving in South Kensington (a number of accounts say she held this post for many years and it is probable she received her training there). Rowe later became Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Management and held this position until 1920. An older brother, Alfred (born c.1848) also worked as a wood carver. Rowe published a large number of books on wood carving, both 'How To' manuals and folios of exemplary carvings. Some of these remained in print after her death. She died in Kensington and her brother, George William Rowe, a solicitor was named in the probate records.

Wealth at death: £2,938 2s. 1d.
Probate date: 26 March 1920

Citing this record

'Miss Eleanor T. Rowe', 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_1209076686, accessed 18 May 2021]