Miss Alice Jacob
Born 1862
Died 1921
Active: 1906 - 1919
Teacher of design, designer, botanical illustrator
She designed lace to many of the linen firms of the period. In 1908, she was officially employed by Frederick Moore, as a botanical illustrator in the National Botanic Gardens (Glasnevin, nr Dublin), taking over from Lydia Shackelton. She painted over a hundred orchids between 1908 and 1919. She had previously taught at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin.
Institutional and Business Connections
Studied at Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
Appendix L, p. 90.
'Educated at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin and at the Royal College of Art; holds Art MAster's Certificate (Board of Education) Groups I and II'.
Studied at Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
Appendix L, p. 90.
'Educated at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin and at the Royal College of Art; holds Art MAster's Certificate (Board of Education) Groups I and II'.
Teacher of design at Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
1906
Appendix L, p. 90.
Miss Jacob listed as 'Teacher of Design' in 1906.
Sources
Report by the Committee of Inquiry into the work carried on by the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin, together with Minutes of evidence, Appendices and Index, 1906
1906
Appendix L, p. 90.
'Teacher of Design' in 1906.
Salary or remuneration:
£75 0s. 0d. (£7 10s. - £125 0s. 0d.)
Citing this record
'Miss Alice Jacob', 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_1216839552, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
