Edgar Gilstrap Simpson
Born 1867
Died 1945 (Presumed)
Active: 1891 - 1940
Country of birth and death: England
Jeweller, silversmith, sculptor, photographer
Born in Basford, Nottingham. He was the son of Henry Simpson (born c.1835 in Basford, Nottingham), lace manufacturer and of Elizabeth Gilstrap (born in Newark, Nottinghamshire). He married Berthe Sillig at the British Consulate, Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 June 1903.
Simpson worked first in the lace trade and then became a craftsman and silversmith, establishing a workshop in Nottingham. There are examples of his jewellery in the collection of Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and an album (with 34 leaves) of his designs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. During the 1930s Simpson worked as a photographer in the Waterloo area of Liverpool.
This entry includes information supplied by Fiona Hedges. See also http://www.bmagic.org.uk/people/Edgar+Simpson (accessed 28 May 2011) and http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/album_of_34_leaves_with_designs_for_jewelry_etc_in_edgar_simpson/objectview.aspx?page=1&sort=6&sortdir=asc&keyword=edgar%20simpson&fp=1&dd1=0&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=0&oID=90015187&vT=1&hi=0&ov=0 (accessed 28 May 2011). Mike Coates has drawn attention to a short biography of Simpson in the 'Lenton Times Magazine', Issue No. 29 August 2010 (available online).
Works
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Smoke Screen - Elizabethan
1898 (Presumed)
Portion Frieze - Elizabethan
1898 (Presumed)
Tobacco Casket
1898 (Presumed)
Flower Vase
1898 (Presumed)
Sea Horse Push Bell
1898 (Presumed)
Large Fish Push Bell
1898 (Presumed)
Small Fish Push Bell
1898
Small Decorative Panel
1898 (Presumed)
Fish Ash Tray
1898 (Presumed)
Frame for Miniature
1898 (Presumed)
Casket
1899 (Presumed)
Photo Frame
1899 (Presumed)
Photo Frame
1899 (Presumed)
Portrait of Mr William Kiddier
1900 (Presumed)
Case of Jewellery
1900 (Presumed)
Silver Pendant
1901 (Presumed)
Silver Jewelled Bell Push
1901 (Presumed)
Silver Pendant
1901 (Presumed)
Necklace and Pendant in gold with opals
1901 (Presumed)
Locations
Address Highfield House Lenton Nottingham | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address Parade Chambers South Parade Nottingham | View on map
1898 (Presumed) - 1899 (Presumed)
Address Angelo House Shakespear Street Nottingham | View on map
1900 - 1902 (Presumed)
Address Ilkley | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Appears to have been staying in a 'hydropathic lodge'
Address 1 Castle Road Nottingham | View on map
1903 (Presumed)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Thirty-sixth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1901
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Water Colours, by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1898
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Water Colours, by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1899
'Photo Frame '
Exhibited at Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Water Colours, by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1900
Multiple works
Exhibited at Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Water Colours, by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1901
'Necklace and Pendant in gold with opals'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1900
Multiple works
Exhibited at Nottingham Society of Artists. Annual Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Watercolours, 1903
19 February 1903 - 7 March 1903
Exhibited a case of jewellery containing 15 items including clasps, brooches, pendants, necklaces and pins [summary].
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Lieut[enant] Volunteer, &[?] Lace' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Craftsman (artist) [overwritten] Sculp' working on own account
Sources
Catalogue of Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Water Colours by Local Artists, 1898
1898
p. 70.
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1900
1900
Case N, 1-12, p. 34
Catalogue of the Twenty-First Annual Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Water Colours by Local Artists, 1899
May 1899
p. 48.
Catalogue of the Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Water Colours by Local Artists, 1900
May 1900
p. 33.
Catalogue of the Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition of Pictures in Oil and Water Colours by Local Artists, 1901
May 1901
p. 58.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 2681; Folio 53; Page 18; GSU roll: 6097791
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 4066; Folio: 160; Page: 5
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Edgar G Simpson
Birth Date: abt 1868
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1945
Age at Death: 77
Registration district: Bromley
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 1142
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Edgar Gilstrap Simpson
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1867
Registration district: Nottingham
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 205
Nottingham Society of Artists. Catalogue, 1903 Nottingham Society of Artists
1903
Unpaged.
Citing this record
'Edgar Gilstrap Simpson', 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=msib4_1202986252, accessed 30 Mar 2023]
