George Edward Wade
Born 1853
Died 1933
Active: 1888 - 1927
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Works
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Locations
Address 8 Pont Street London | View on map
1889 (Circa)
Studio located at 7 The Avenue, 76 Fulham Road London SW | View on map
1890 (Presumed) - 1906 (Presumed)
Studio located at 2 The Avenue, 76 Fulham Road London SW | View on map
1894 (Circa) - 1900 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
'Aphrodite'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1900
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Sixteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1898
'Scamp Ashton'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the eighteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1888
1888
Lieut-Col Miles Sandys, MP (cat. no. 1398, bronze, not for sale); Il Pensieroso (cat. no. 1401, bronze, not for sale); L'Allegro (cat. no. 1406, bronze, not for sale); The Sick Playmate (cat. no. 1410, not for sale).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1889 - 1900
Exhibited 10 times, seventeen works (portraits, statuettes, and groups)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Torchbearer (cat. no. 1320, not for sale); Torchbearer (cat. no. 1321, not for sale); Despair (cat. no. 1341, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Miss Victoria Grant-Duff (cat. no. 1471, bronze statuette, not for sale).
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1939
Associate Member from 1923 to 1927. Wade was re-elected as a Member in January 1939.
Candidate for membership of Royal Society of British Sculptors
15 January 1906
Date of reciept of application.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1906 - 1927
In 1927 it is recorded that Wade was struck off the roll of members for non-payment of subscriptions.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
15 January 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Discussion of application postponed until next meeting by George Frampton [15 January 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Application approved [5 February 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Seconded by Francis Derwent Wood
15 January 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Discussion of application postponed until next meeting by George Frampton [15 January 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I]. Application approved [5 February 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Listed under Sculptors The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p.1354
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth, 1900 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1900
Cat. Nos. 1435, 1436, p. 39
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
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 pictures, in oil and water-colours: the eighteenth, 1888 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1888
pp. 54-56.
Catalogue of the Sixteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1898
1898
Cat. No. 236, pp. 27, 36
Catalogue of the Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
1894
Cat. Nos. 611, 616, pp. 53, 68
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: George E Wade
Birth Date: abt 1854
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1933
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Paddington
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 121
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Post Office London Directory, 1890 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1890
p.1997
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
15 January 1906; 5 February 1906.
The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p.1354
Citing this record
'George Edward Wade', 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_1220006711, accessed 08 Jun 2023]