Mrs Maggie Richardson Mitchell
Other names: née Richardson, also known as Mrs. G. J. Mitchell
Born 1883 (Circa)
Died 21 February 1953
Active: 1904 - 1953
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, modeller
Born in Camberwell, London. She was the daughter of James Richardson (born c.1845, Tyrone, Ireland), a Civil Servant in the Customs and Excise Department. Maggie studied at the Royal College of Art from 1904-08 and again in 1910. In 1906 she was awarded the British Institution Scholarship (notice in 'The Anthenaeum: a Journal of Literature, Science, the Fine Arts...', no. 4109, 28 July 1906, p.1). Richardson married George J. Mitchell in 1912 and afterwards used her married name. She exhibited widely, in addition to those shows listed below at the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition (on 4 occasions), with the Royal Society of British Artists (17 times), and the Society of Women Artists (8 times between 1931-40).
Wealth at death: £1,680 4s. 11d.
Probate date: 7 January 1955
Locations
Address 8 Bolden Street St. John's London SE | View on map
1907 (Circa)
Address 377 Kennington Park Road Lambeth London | View on map
1910 (Circa)
Address Cecil Mansions Promenade Southport | View on map
1915 (Circa) - 1921 (Circa)
Address The Red Door Montacute | View on map
1922 (Circa)
Address Knapp House Preston Plucknett | View on map
1924 (Circa) - 1931 (Circa)
Address The Close Norton-sub-Hamdon | View on map
1932 (Circa) - 1953
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1907 - 1947
Exhibited 17 times (3 times under her maiden name of Richardson up to 1915 and then 14 times as Mitchell), usually one work (the majority portrait busts).
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1921
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1921 (1 work)
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1923 - 1925
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 3 times: 1923 (2 works), 1924 (2 works) and 1925 (1 work)
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
6 December 1927 - 1952
Became fellow in 1952.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1952 - 1953
Died in 1953.
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
1904 (Presumed) - 1910
Listed as a student at the College for five and a half years. Left the College in the 1908-1908 session, but attended again in February to July 1910. Richardson's subsequent profession is listed as a modeller and sculptor: see 'Register of R. C. A. Students' (1907-1924), p. 16 and p. 30.
Personal and Professional Connections
May be connected to George Joseph Mitchell
The entry for George Joseph Mitchell may be another entry for Maggie Mitchell as she sometimes exhibited as 'Mrs George J. Mitchell' or 'Mrs G.J. Mitchell'.
Nominated by Phoebe Gertrude Stabler
1927 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by James Alexander Stevenson
1927 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Sources
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Maggie Richardson Mitchell
Probate Date: 7 Jan 1955
Death Date: 21 Feb 1953
Death Place: Somerset, England
Registry: Bristol
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Register of Royal College of Art Students, 1907-1924 Royal College of Art
1907
pp. 16, 30
Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts Vol. V LAWR-SHER
1981
p. 166 (Maggie R. Mitchell) and p. 386 (under maiden name of Richardson)
Citing this record
'Mrs Maggie Richardson Mitchell', 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_1222426254, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
