Edward Samuel Harper

Works

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Belt Buckles
1901 (Presumed)

Locations

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Address Wentworth Road Harborne | View on map
1941
Died at this address, no start date is given. See 'Mr. E. S. Harper', Birmingham Post in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 32, (1940-1941), p. 149.

Address Douglas-Road Handsworth Birmingham | View on map
1901 (Presumed)

Address 509 City Road Edgbaston Birmingham | View on map
1909 (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 Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1909
1909
Exhibited a 'Steel Casket', p. 8 (A1).

Institutional and Business Connections

Chairwoman/chairman of Birmingham Art Circle
1905

Chairwoman/chairman of Birmingham Art Circle
January 1911 - December 1911

Elected PRBSA Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1935 - 1938
Fist listed as President in the Society's exhibition catalogues in Spring 1935. Last listed in Autumn 1938. From Spring 1939 listed as Honorary President until Spring 1940 [there are no listings of Honorary Presidents from Autumn 1940 to Spring 1946; Harper is not listed in Autumn 1946].

Elected professional associate member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1881 - 1887
Elected as an Associate member in Spring 1881. Last lised as an Associate in Autumn 1887.

Elected professional member of Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1888 - 1940
Elected to full membership in Spring 1888. Last listed as a Member in the Society's exhibition catalogues in Spring 1940. From Spring 1927 listed as R.B.S.A.

Member of Birmingham Art Circle
1879 - 1915
Was made an Honorary Member in 1916.

Student at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
1886
Studied Modelled Design.

Teacher at Birmingham Municipal School of Art, Central School
Trained in modelling but 'became a teacher of drawing and painting at Birmingham School of Art during the regime of E. R. Taylor, and held the post for 40 years'. See 'Mr. E. S. Harper', Birmingham Post in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 32, (1940-1941), p. 149, no dates are given.

Personal and Professional Connections

Taught Sidney Harold Meteyard
Studied under Harper at the Birmingham Central School of Art. No dates are given. See 'Obituary', Birmingham Post', 7 April, 1947, in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 39, (August 1946-December 1947), pp. 139-140.

Worked with Charles Toft
Worked 'at modelling under Toft': see 'Mr. E. S. Harper', Birmingham Post in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 32, (1940-1941), p. 149, no dates are given.

Worked with Frank G. Jackson
Worked 'at modelling under Toft, the father of Albert Toft, the sculptor, and later with F. G. Jackson': see 'Mr. E. S. Harper', Birmingham Post in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 32, (1940-1941), p. 149, no dates are given.

Sources

Birmingham Art Circle, Annual Meeting held 28 December 1891 Birmingham Art Circle Minutes and Reports
28 December 1891
p. 2.

Birmingham Art Circle, Annual Meeting held 29 December 1890 Birmingham Art Circle Minutes and Reports
29 December 1890
p. 1.

Birmingham Art Circle, Minutes of Annual Meeting held on 30 December 1885 Birmingham Art Circle Minutes and Reports
30 December 1885
p. 1.

Birmingham Art Circle, Minutes of Meeting held on Tuesday afternoon 30 December 1884, being the Annual Meeting for 1885 Birmingham Art Circle Minutes and Reports
30 December 1884
p. 2.

Birmingham Art Circle, Minutes of the Annual Meeting held on 2 January 1884 Birmingham Art Circle Minutes and Reports
1884
p. 1.

Birmingham Biography, Newspaper Cuttings, 1872-1966 Birmingham Biography
See 'Mr. E. S. Harper', Birmingham Post in 'Birmingham Biography', vol. 32, (1940-1941), pp. 149-152 and vol. 33, (1941-1942), p. 1.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, New Street. The Twenty-Third Spring Exhibition, 1888
1888
p. 3.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Spring Exhibition, 1935
1935
p. 2.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Thirty-Sixth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1901
1901
p. 60.

Royal Society of Artists Birmingham Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1909
1909
p. 8.

Royal Society of Artists, Birmingham. The Sixteenth Spring Exhibition of Water-Colour Paintings at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1881
1881
p. 2.

The Adjourned Annual Meeting, 24 January 1914 Birmingham Art Circle Minutes and Reports
24 January 1914
p. 2.

The Art Circle, Annual Meeting, 11 Feb, 1911 Birmingham Art Circle
11 January 1911
p. 1.

The Art Circle, Birmingham. Annual Report, 1905 Birmingham Art Circle
1905

The Art Circle, Register of Members to Date, 1879-2002 Birmingham Art Circle
2002 (Presumed)
Unpaged.