Miss Ethel Gresley Ball
Born 24 November 1886
Active: 1911 - 1938
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Sculptor
Born in Dublin. She was the daughter of Valentine Ball (1843-95) and Mary (born c.1853 in Co. Antrim), who was living off annuities after her husband's death and employed two servants. Ethel and her older sister, Maude, were described as artists in 1911 and so had presumably begun their studies before this date.
In 1927 the National Museum of Ireland purchased a bas-relief bronze by Ethel Ball of a 'Great Irish Deer, formerly known as "Irish Elk" ', signed and dated 1926 (register number NMINH:1927.40).
This record includes information submitted by Nigel T. Monaghan, Keeper, Natural History Division, National Museum of Ireland.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Statuette
1917
Spring - Statuette
1918
The New Penny
1919
Boy's Head
1920
Woman's Head
1921 (Presumed)
Miss May Crosbie
1921 (Circa)
Lion Finn
1922 (Presumed)
Chimpanzee Companions
1923 (Presumed)
£20
Chimpanzee Companions
1923 (Presumed)
£20
Head of an Old Man
1924 (Presumed)
Young Lion - Selim Bey
1924 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
Caracal
1925 (Presumed)
£6 10s.
Arabian Baboon
1925 (Presumed)
£16 10s.
Lynx on Guard
1925
Chimpanzee
1925
Italian Workman
1926 (Presumed)
Baboon Sentry
1926 (Presumed)
£16 10s.
Snarling Leopard
1926 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
Lion Cubs, Dathi, Cormac and Aoife, born in Dublin
1926 (Presumed)
£21
Lion's Head
1926
Leopard
1926
Young Tigers
1927 (Presumed)
£5
A Little Mischief
1927 (Presumed)
£10
A Fishy Meal
1928 (Presumed)
£10 10s.
The Favourite
1928 (Presumed)
£5
The Old Macaw
1928 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
Young Lions
1929 (Presumed)
£12
The Beggar
1929 (Presumed)
£6 10s.
Mary Devenport O'Neill
1929 (Presumed)
Play
1929 (Presumed)
£10 10s.
Leopard Set
1930 (Presumed)
£15
Young Primates - Orang and Chimpanzee
1931 (Presumed)
£21
My Kill
1931 (Presumed)
£25
Lion Cub
1931 (Presumed)
£7 7s.
'A Wise Old Bird was She'
1931 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
Dainty
1932 (Presumed)
Ostrich
1932 (Presumed)
£7 7s.
Young Lion Cubs Settling Down
1932 (Presumed)
£5
The Three Sisters
1932 (Presumed)
£5
Old Jack the Ratter
1932 (Presumed)
The Beggar
1934 (Presumed)
£7 7s.
Young Donkey Foal
1934 (Presumed)
£5
A Young Family
1934 (Presumed)
£20
Lion Cubs (The Snuggling Stage)
1934 (Presumed)
£25
Head of Lioness
1934 (Presumed)
Lion, Finn
1935 (Presumed)
£5
Donkey Foal
1935 (Presumed)
£5
The Twins
1935 (Presumed)
£12
Baedan, Bricriu, Breas, Branach and Blanaid
1935 (Presumed)
£25
Chimpanzee and Her Baby
1937 (Presumed)
£10
Shetland Pony
1937 (Presumed)
£7 7s.
'Jackie' - Donkey Foal
1937 (Presumed)
£5 5s.
Golden Cat Sharpening her Claws
1938 (Presumed)
£7 7s.
Locations
Address 28 Waterloo Road Dublin | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1940 (Circa)
Ethel and her sister Maude may have already been living at this address in 1901.
Address Dublin | View on map
1926
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1917
'Statuette'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1918
'Spring - Statuette'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1919
'Meditation'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1920
'Boy's Head'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Fourteenth, 1940
'Chimpanzee and Her Baby'
Exhibited at 45th Annual Exhibition of The Belfast Art Society, 1926
1926
Exhibited at 44th Annual Exhibition of The Belfast Art Society, 1925
1925
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1921
1921
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1922
1922
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1923
1923
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1924
1924
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1925
1925
Exhibited at Art Exhibitions of the Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales. Competitive Exhibits at the Patti Pavilion, 1926
26 July 1926 - 12 August 1926
Exhibited in Case No.27 in Competition No.22, Exhibit No.943.
Received 'Highly Commended'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1926
1926
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1927
1927
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1928
1928
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1929
1929
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1930
1930
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1931
1931
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1932
1932
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1934
1934
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1935
1935
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1937
1937
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1938
25 April 1938 - 11 June 1938
Institutional and Business Connections
Received award from Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
1915
p. 12, Received a Commendation at MSA, Dublin, 1913-1914, for 'Modelled figure from the Nude', subject 19e.
Student at Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
1915
Sources
Census of Ireland 1901/1911
2007
http://census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Dublin/Pembroke_West/Waterloo_Road/1289475/ AND http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000126736/
Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin - Prize List and Awards, 1915 Annual Distribution of Prizes
1915
p. 12, received a commendation at MSA, Dublin, 1913-1914, for 'Modelled figure from the Nude', subject 19e.
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Eighty-Eighth Exhibition, 1917 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1917
p. 23 (286)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Eighty-Ninth Exhibition, 1918 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1918
p. 29, two items in glass case, containiing 6 sculptures and 15 miniatures: no. 1: 'Spring - Statuette' and no. 4: 'Mother - Portrait Bust'
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninetieth Exhibition, 1919 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1919
p. 28 (370, 373)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Eighth Exhibition, 1927
1927
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Fifth Exhibition, 1924
1924
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-First Exhibition, 1920 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1920
p. 28 (337, 347)
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Fourth Exhibition, 1923
1923
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Ninth Exhibition, 1928
1928
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Second Exhibition, 1921
1921
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Seventh Exhibition, 1926
1926
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Sixth Exhibition, 1925
1925
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Third Exhibition, 1922
1922
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Eighth Exhibition, 1937
1937
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Fifth Exhibition, 1934
1934
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and First Exhibition, 1930
1930
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Ninth Exhibition, 1938
1938
p.30
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Second Exhibition, 1931
1931
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Sixth Exhibition, 1935
1935
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and Third Exhibition, 1932
1932
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundredth Exhibition, 1929
1929
The Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales. Catalogue of the Competitive Art Exhibition 1926
1926
Citing this record
'Miss Ethel Gresley Ball', 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_1216219647, accessed 22 Jan 2020]
