Miss Effie Grace Jessop
Born 13 January 1872
Died 1970
Active: 1909 - 1915
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, wood carver, teacher of wood carving
Born in Nottingham. Her birth was registered in 1872 but her death registration gives 13 January 1871 as her date of birth, it is presumed the year was given incorrectly. She was the daughter of Zebedee Jessop (born c.1828 in Swineshead, Lincolnshire), Draper. Her older sister, Florence Margaret (born 1863) became a teacher of wood carving and probably studied in London at the School of Art Wood Carving. The dates Effie studied art and wood carving are not known but she was teaching privately by 1911 as well as exhibiting her work. Her father died in 1907 leaving effects valued (after being resworn) of £68,413 10s.
Works
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In Search of Prey
1909 (Presumed)
Dandelion Clocks
1912 (Presumed)
The dandelion clock
1913
The first dip
1915
Locations
Address 25 Cavendish Cresent The Park Nottingham | View on map
1891 (Circa) - 1915 (Circa)
Address 39 Abingdon Mansions Kensington London | View on map
1913 - 1915
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1909
'In Search of Prey'
Exhibited at Exhibition of Works by Local Artists (Nottingham Castle Museum), 1912
'Dandelion Clocks'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Seventh, 1913
'The dandelion clock'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Ninth, 1915
'The first dip'
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Teacher of Wood Carving' working on own account and her sister Florence and a visitor, Blanche Flora Fagan (born c.1880 in Chalcombe, Bath) both 'Instructress in Wood Carving' working for Staffordshire County Council
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 3367 folio 46 page 32
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN20499 RG78PN1228 RD430 SD1 ED10 SN95
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Effie Jessop
Birth Date: 13 Jan 1871 (presume the year should be 1872 as her birth was registered in 1872)
Date of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1970
Age at Death: 99
Registration district: Kensington
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 2147
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Effie Grace Jessop
Date of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1872
Registration district: Nottingham
Inferred County: Nottinghamshire
Volume: 7b
Page: 315
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Zebedee Jessop
Probate Date: 10 Jul 1907
Death Date: 3 Jun 1907
Death Place: Nottingham, England
Registry: Nottingham
Exhibition of Works by Local Artists, May, 1909 Nottingham Society of Artists
May 1909
p. 37.
Exhibition of Works by Local Artists, May, 1912 Nottingham Society of Artists
May 1912
p. 40.
Local Artists Index, Nottingham Nottingham Local Studies Collection, Central Library, Nottingham
See card entry for Miss E. G. Jessop.
Citing this record
'Miss Effie Grace Jessop', 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_1227196977, accessed 15 Aug 2022]
