Miss Margaret Winser
Born 1868
Died 29 December 1944
Active: 1891 - 1929
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, designer, medallist, teacher of art
Born in Tenterden, Kent. She was the daughter of Albert Winser (born c.1830), a farmer owning 231 acres and employing 6 men and 5 boys in 1871. She began working as an assistant art teacher around 1891 and then studied art, possibly in Lancashire although her presence there in 1901 may have just been as a visitor to her brother. From 1904 to 1929 she exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy. She is probably one of the female sculptors that the Royal Society of British Sculptors felt might be included in the 1908 Franco-British exhibition [13 January 1908, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.I]. Her name was mis-spelled 'Windser'. She died in Kent in 1944.
Wealth at death: £3,654 12s. 11d.
Probate date: 21 February 1945
Locations
Address 36 Castle Street Dover | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address Myrtle Bank Prestwich | View on map
1901 (Circa)
This was her brother's address, not clear if visiting or living here.
Address Ratsberry Tenterden Ashford | View on map
1909 (Circa) - 1944
Address 35 Halford Road Fulham London | View on map
1911
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1904 - 1929
Exhibited 11 times, sixteen works in all (mainly medals and medallions but also portraits)
Institutional and Business Connections
Worked with William Alan
1912 (Circa)
Alan issued a portrait medal of Joachim (violinist) produced by Margaret Winser and engraved by William Midgley in 1912. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 513.
Personal and Professional Connections
May be connected to Windsor
Worked with William George de Saulles
1904 (Circa)
Winser designed the reverse of a Medal in 1904 'by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with the approval of King Edward VII [...] The dies were engraved by G. W. De Saulles. Three medals are awarded annually.' See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), pp. 513-514.
Worked with William Midgley
1912 (Circa)
Winser created a portrait medal of Joachim (violinist) which was issued by William Allan, of Nottingham, and engraved by Midgley. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), pp. 513-514.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors 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 VI, 1916 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a sculptor who exhibited portrait medallions at the Royal Academy in 1904, 1905 and 1912; exhibited a memorial panel and case of medals in 1913, and a medallion in 1914. Designed the reverse of a Medal in 1904 'by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, with the approval of King Edward VII [...] The dies were engraved by G. W. De Saulles. Three medals are awarded annually.' Created a portrait medal of Joachim (violinist) which was issued by William Allan, of Nottingham, and engraved by Midgley. Winser is also listed as a former member of the London Society of Medallists. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), pp. 513-514.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'Assistant School of Art Teacher' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Student'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist (Modeller)' working on own account at home
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
Class: RG10; Piece: 953; Folio: 73; Page: 9; GSU roll: 827245
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 740; Folio: 73; Page: 7; GSU Roll: 6095850
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 3778; Folio: 103; Page: 41
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
Class: RG14; Piece: 329
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Margaret Winser
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1868
Registration district: Tenterden
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 628
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Margaret Winser
Probate Date: 21 Feb 1945
Death Date: 29 Dec 1944
Death Place: Kent, England
Registry: Llandudno
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
13 January 1908.
Citing this record
'Miss Margaret Winser', 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_1239963549, accessed 08 Jun 2023]
