Miss Kathleen Trousdell Shaw
Other names: Her middle name is sometimes spelt 'Trowsdell'
Born 6 September 1865 (Presumed)
Died 13 June 1958
Active: 1886 - 1914
Country of birth: Ireland
Country of death: England
Sculptor, medallist
Born in Edmonton, Middlesex. Her parents were Alfred Shaw and Annie Birch from Ireland. It appears her father died before 1911, and, based on information in the Census Returns of 1911, she was adopted by Rosamund Venning (1848-1928). Shaw and Venning were resident in separate parts of the same building in 1901. This is presumed to be the start of the connection between them. When Rosamund died in 1928 she left effects valued at £4,754 1s. 11d. and Kathleen was her executor.
This record includes information about her date of birth submitted by E. Crawford, and Russell Cooper (who is a distant cousin of the artist).
Wealth at death: £18,335 8s. 5d.
Probate date: 3 November 1958
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Mrs Bruen - Medallion Portrait
Marble Bust of the late Dr Denham
Medallion - Miss Betty Alexander
Sir Samuel Ferguson, QC, LLD, Dublin and Edinburgh, 1810-1886
Portrait of my Mother
Presume this was her work, requires checking
Andromeda
1887
Bust in Terracotta - Charlie Pearsall
1888
Aurora - Decorative Panel
1888
Portrait Bust - Philip C. Smyly, MD
1888
H.S.H. Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
1891
A Young Hunter, Statuette
1892
Psyche
1893
Psyche
1893 (Presumed)
£10 10s.
Hilda, daughter [of] W. Q. Orchardson, Esq., RA
1894
Three Decorative Panels, Music, Poetry and Painting, for an Overmantel
1894
Richard Llewelyn Rathbone
1895
Dick, Dodo, and Winnie, Grandchildren of Sir Wm Welby
1895
A Breton Fisherboy
1895
The Genius of Sculpture
1895 (Presumed)
£10
An Athenian Beggar
1896 (Presumed)
Miss Alice Castleman
1896 (Presumed)
Gretel
1897
An Athenian Beggar
1897
Rosamond, Daughter of Stanley Lane-Poole, Esq.
1897
A Saint of Ancient Ireland
1898
Bust - Sir John Lubbock, Bart, MP
1899
Portrait Medallion - Mrs Morison
1899
Mowgli
1900
Bust - Mrs Arthur Blomfield
1900
Bust - Bernard Brodhurst, Esq., MD, FRCS
1900
Bust - Professor Malcolm M. McHardy
1901
Rev. J.P. Mahaffy
1902
p. 24 (282)
Elizabeth, daughter of the Earl of Albemarle
1903
His Grace the Primate of Ireland
1903
A Captive Maiden
1903
An Athenian Boy
1904 (Presumed)
Sir William Whitla
1905
His Eminence Cardinal Logue
1906
Primate William Alexander (1824-1911), Archbishop of Armagh
1914
Locations
Address 24 Clarinda Park Kingstown Dublin | View on map
1887
Address 92 Meath Street Dublin | View on map
1888
Address Red House Totteridge | View on map
1889
Address 35 Piazza San Lorenzo Lucino Rome | View on map
1891
Address 46 Via Fontanella de Borghese Rome | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address 3 Balcombe Street Dorset Square London NW | View on map
1894 (Circa)
Address 8 Balcombe Street Dorset Square London | View on map
1895 (Circa) - 1896 (Circa)
Address 17A Woburn Place Russell Square London | View on map
1897 (Circa) - 1898 (Circa)
Address 46 York Street Chambers Bryanston Square London | View on map
1899 (Circa) - 1903 (Circa)
Address 29 York Street Chambers Bryanston Square London | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1904 (Circa)
Studio located at Studio, 40A Marlborough Hill St John's Wood London NW | View on map
1905 (Circa)
Studio located at The Eyrie 3a Wychcombe Studios London | View on map
1908 (Circa) - 1914 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1887
'Andromeda'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1888
'Bust - James Fitzgerald'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1890
'Margaret (Faust)'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1891
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1892
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1893
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1894
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1895
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1897
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1898
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1899
'Portrait Medallion - Mrs Morison'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1900
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1901
'Bust - Professor Malcolm M. McHardy'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1903
'Elizabeth, daughter of the Earl of Albemarle'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1905
'Sir William Whitla'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1906
'Medallion Portrait in Silver'
Exhibited at The Seventieth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1896
'Miss Alice Castleman'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1891
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1894
'Molly Bawn'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1895
'Medallion'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1904
'The Nymph'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
'Bas-Relief'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Fourteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1896
'An Athenian Beggar'
Exhibited at The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, 1904
1904
Invited to exhibit by 'special invitation'.
Exhibited at Old Belfast Exhibition, in The Belfast Museum and Art Gallery, 1939
1939
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1889 - 1914
Exhibited 11 times, seventeen works in all (largely portrait busts but also some statuettes)
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 6th Annual Exhibition, 1893
1893
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
The Countess Suardi (cat. no. 1225, low relief, not for sale); Mrs Bonus (cat. no. 1226, low relief, not for sale).
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1894 - 1910
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 8 times: 1894 (3 works), 1897 (2 works), 1899 (2 works), 1901 (2 works), 1902 (2 works), 1904 (2 works), 1908 (2 works) and 1910 (1 work)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
R. Ll. B. Rathbone, Esq. (cat. no. 1332, not for sale); Mrs Hutchinson (cat. no. 1335, not for sale); Miss Marion Terry (cat. no. 1336, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at South Wales Art Society 8th Annual Exhibition, 1895
1895
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Rosamond (cat. no. 1272, head, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
The Earl Egerton of Tatton (cat. no. 1398, marble bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Mrs Arthur Blomfield (cat. no. 1397, plaster bust, not for sale); Mowgli (cat. no. 1424, bronze statue, £300).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Mrs Macran (cat. no. 1457, plaster medallion, not for sale); The Earl of Albemarle, CB, MVO, Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the City Imperial Volunteers (cat. no. 1483, plaster bust, not for sale).
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
Irish Fine Art Section:
Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists;
Sculpture [located in] Gallery V.
p. 117, no. 481:'The Countess Annesley'.
Plaster Bust.
Lent by the artist. *The number '25' annotated alongside - perhaps denoting that this object subsequently sold for 25-0-0.
Personal and Professional Connections
Studied under Alfred Gilbert
See Forrer, vol. 5, (1912), p. 494, no dates are given.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume V, 1912 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist. Pupil of C. Desvergnes and Alfred Gilbert. Forrer describes medallic works produced by the artist dating between 1894 to 1905. See Forrer, vol. 5, (1912), p. 494.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account 'at own studio'. This entry records her as an adopted daughter of Rosamund Venning. Based on information submitted by a distant cousin, Russell Cooper, at this date only her father had died and her birth mother died in 1913.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Professional Sculptor' working on own a/c[count] at home
Sources
A Catalogue of the Permanent Collection. Volume 2, Twentieth-Century Sculpture, 1988 Ulster Museum publication
1988
pp. 94-95
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-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-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
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 & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Catalogue of Exhibits relating to Old Belfast, 1939
1939
p. 28
Catalogue of The Belfast Art Society Annual Exhibition, Belfast Public Library, 1904
1904
p. 21
Catalogue of the Fourteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1896
1896
Cat. No. 345, pp. 34, 44
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1891
1891
Cat. No. 584, pp. 58, 115
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1894
1894
Cat. No. 596, pp. 53, 111
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1895
1895
Cat. No. 627, pp. 53, 115
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1904
1904
Cat. No. 673, pp. 65, 105
Catalogue of the Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. 623, 627, pp. 53, 54, 66
Catalogue of the Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
1894
Cat. No. 618, pp. 53, 66
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 111; Folio: 158; Page: 39
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
Class: RG14; Piece: 609
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Kathleen Trowsdell Shaw
Registration Year: 1865
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Edmonton
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume: 3a
Page: 168
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Kathleen Trousdell Shaw
Probate Date: 3 Nov 1958
Death Date: 13 Jun 1958
Death Place: Buckinghamshire, England
Registry: London, England
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Rosamond Jane Venning
Death Date: 9 Jul 1928
Death Place: Buckinghamshire, England
Probate Date: 11 Sep 1928
Registry: London, England
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
Irish Fine Art Section:
Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists;
Sculpture [located in] Gallery V.
p. 117, no. 481:'The Countess Annesley'.
Plaster Bust.
Lent by the artist. *The number '25' annotated alongside - perhaps denoting that this object subsequently sold for 25-0-0.
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Seventh Annual Exhibition, 1906 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1906
p. 29 (385-86)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1905 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1905
p. 32 (431)
South Wales Art Society 8th Annual Exhibition Catalogue.
1895
South Wales Art Society catalogue for 6th Annual Exhibition of pictures and sculpture.
1893
Citing this record
'Miss Kathleen Trousdell Shaw', 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=msib3_1204212717, accessed 02 Oct 2023]
