Theodore Spicer Simson

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1906 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1906
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1906 (1 work)

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 V, 1912 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist. First exhibited in 1896 at the Old Salon, Paris, the Royal Academy and the New Gallery, London. Exhibited in the 'Liverpool Autumn Exhibition' in 1904, and widely in Britain, Europe and the U.S. Forrer notes that the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the National Portrait Gallery, London, the Art Gallery, Birmingham (Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery), and the Dublin Museum 'have on exhibition medals by this talented artist'. Forrer provides an extensive list of Spicer-Simson's medallic work from 1903 to 1910, including a portrait medallion of George Frederick Watts, that was modelled from life in April 1904. Forrer states that information was provided by the artist and lists a number of written sources including 'Royal Academy Exhibition Catalogue' (1909) and 'Catalogue of the International Medallic Exhibition at New York' (March, 1910).

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 VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Forrer notes that the artist exhibited two cases of medals in gold and bronze at the Royal Academy, London, in 1912. Forrer lists a number of medallic works produced between 1912 and c. 1917. The artist also exhibited two portrait medallions at the American Numismatic Society Exhibition in 1923. See vol. 8, (1930), p. 213. The artist is also listed in the 'Second Supplement', p. 362, to the volume in which Forrer lists further medallic works that were produced by the artist.

Sources

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 V, 1912 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
1912
pp. 600-610.

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 VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
1930
p. 213 and p. 362.

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 4, R-Z
1991
p.167