(Mary) Gertrude Spencer Stanhope
Born 1857
Died 7 October 1944
Active: 1886 - 1909
Country of birth: England
Country of death: Italy
Sculptor, painter
Born in London baptised in Cawthorne near the family home of Cannon Hall, Barnsley (later sold to the local council and open as a museum since 1957). She was the niece of John Roddam Spencer Stanhope and the cousin of Evelyn Pickering de Morgan (both pre-Raphaelite painters).
Wealth at death: £37,976 10s. 11d.
Probate date: 12 March 1945
Works
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A Bronze Statuette
1909 (Presumed)
Locations
Address Cannon Hall Barnsley England | View on map
Address Villa Nuté Bellagarda Florence Italy | View on map
1909 (Presumed)
Address Villino Monte Bello Via Monte Bello 60 Florence Italy | View on map
1944
Living at this address at the time of her death
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Eighty-Third Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1909-1910
'A Bronze Statuette'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Seventeenth Autumn Exhibition, 1899
'Pan'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the sixteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1886
1886
Marguerite (cat. no. 1268, terracotta, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
Young Orpheus (cat. no. 1206, bronze statuette, £50).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
Pan (cat. no. 1289, bronze statuette, £50).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Summer (cat. no. 1390, plaster relief, £20).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Hero and Leander (cat. no. 1394, bronze group, £50).
Personal and Professional Connections
Cousin of (Mary) Evelyn Pickering de Morgan
Niece/nephew of John Roddam Spencer Stanhope
John Roddam was a teacher to Gertrude
Sources
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-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh, 1897 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1897
pp. 44-47.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1896
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the sixteenth, 1886 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1886
pp. 79-80.
Catalogue of the Seventeenth Autumn Exhibition, 1899
1899
Cat. No. 246, pp. 42, 52
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 3783; Folio: 4; Page: 4; GSU Roll: 6098893
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Mary Gertrude Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope
Probate Date: 12 Mar 1945
Death Date: 7 Oct 1944
Death Place: London, England
Registry: Llandudno
West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2011
Name: Mary Gertrude Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope
Parish: Cawthorne, All Saints
Baptism Date: 18 Oct 1857
Father's Name: Valter Thomas William Spencer Stanhope
Mother's Name: Elizabeth Julia Spencer Stanhope
Citing this record
'(Mary) Gertrude Spencer Stanhope', 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_1203795817, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
