Miss Esther Mary Moore
Born 6 November 1857
Died 1934 (Presumed)
Active: 1885 - 1919
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Burnley, Lancashire. Daughter of Henry Moore (born 1822 in Burnely Lancashire) who apears to have worked as a colliery agent for many years before retiring and becoming an 'Artist Sculp' by 1891. Esther's sisters included, Florence a painter and draughtsman, and Charlotte a wood carver (born c.1854 and c.1863 respectively in Burnley, Lancashire).
Esther began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1890 and thereafter showed widely until about 1920. She was judged one of the female sculptors that the Royal Society of British Sculptors felt might be included in the 1908 Franco-British exhibition [13 January 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.I]. An Esther M. Moore died in Devon in 1934, it is presumed to be the artist.
This record includes information submitted by J. Foster.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Locations
Address 4 Bath Road Bedford Park London | View on map
1888 (Presumed) - 1909 (Presumed)
Address 30 Flanders Road Bedford Park London W | View on map
1910 (Circa) - 1911 (Circa)
At this address with her brothers and sisters
Address Curtisknowle Halwell | View on map
1919 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Second Exhibition, 1889
'Handwerk steht auf goldene Füsze'
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Ninth Exhibition, 1910
'Electric lamp bracket'
Exhibited at Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Art and Industries (London), 1908
'At the Gates of the Past', bronze, cat. no. 1382.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1885
1885
Head of a Child (cat. no. 1461, plaster, £2; presumably by this artist - listed in the catalogue as E. M. Moore).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the sixteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1886
1886
A Water Baby (cat. no. 1271, terracotta, £3).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1890 - 1919
Exhibited 15 times, usually one work each year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
Phantasie-stück (cat. no. 1188, statuette, £25).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
The Deluge (cat. no. 1183, group, £100).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1911
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1911 (2 works)
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of The Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society
1897 (Presumed) - 1910 (Presumed)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist (Sculptor) working on own account at home and her sister Florence as 'Artist Painter'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
None
Sources
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1897
1897
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1904
1904
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: List of Members, 1907
1907
Subscription noted as £1 in arrears.
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. List of Members, 1898
1898
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. List of Members, 1899
1899
Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. List of Members, 1900
1900
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the First Exhibition.
1888
p.183.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Ninth Exhibition.
1910
p.146.
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Second Exhibition.
1889
p.133.
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 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 sixteenth, 1886 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1886
pp. 79-80.
Catalogue of the Fine Art Section,
Franco-British Exhibition,
London, 1908
1908
p. 130 (1382)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 1217; Folio: 35; Page: 7; GSU roll: 1341298
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 1034; Folio 80; Page 26; GSU roll: 6096144 (for evidence about her father and sisters, Esther not listed at the family address in 1891)
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 1199 folio 48 page 21
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN6949 RG78PN344 RD128 SD5 ED22 SN129
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
2008
Name: Esther Mary Moore
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 6 Nov 1857
Christening Date: 5 Feb 1858
Christening Place: Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, England
Age at Christening: 0
Father's Name: Henry Moore
Mother's Name: Mary Margerison
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Esther M Moore
Birth Date: abt 1857
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1934
Age at Death: 77
Registration district: Exeter
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 5b
Page: 109
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
13 January 1908.
Citing this record
'Miss Esther Mary Moore', 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_1209145997, accessed 29 May 2023]
