Lydia Gay
Active: 1896 - 1904
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Sculptor, medallist
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
Sir Joseph Prestwich, DCL, FRS, FGS (cat. no. 1209, portrait medal, £3 10s.).
Personal and Professional Connections
Student of Alphonse Legros
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist 'of the school of Alphonse Legros': see Forrer, vol. 2, (1904), p. 223, no dates are given.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume II, 1904 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist 'of the school of Alphonse Legros'. She produced a number of portrait medallions that were exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1899, and at the Society of Medallists' Exhibition in 1897: see Forrer, vol. 2, (1904), p. 223.
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VII, 1923 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a sculptor and medallist, who was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy, London, from 1887 to 1903; Forrer lists a number of medallic works produced by the artist between these dates. See vol. 7, (1923), p. 345.
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1896
pp. 45-48.
Citing this record
'Lydia Gay', 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_1238582119, accessed 03 Jun 2023]
