Evangeline Stirling
Born 1853
Died 6 July 1930
Active: 1871 - 1930
Country of birth: England
Country of death: United States
Sculptor, teacher
Born in Liverpool. She was the daughter of Edwin Stirling (1819-67), a Liverpool-based sculptor and Mary Stirling (c.1828-97), who seems to have taken over the management (or joint management) of the sculpture works after her husband's death. Evangeline listed herself as a sculptor in Kelly's Directory of the Building Trades (1886) working from her mother's address, suggesting she may have continued, or tried to continue, her father's business.
Prior to this Evangeline studied sculpture at the National Art Training School (Royal College of Art), London and was gold medallist in sculpture in her year. Between 1886 and 1908 she taught modelling at Cheltenham Ladies College. In 1891 or 1892 Stirling made a bust of Miss Beale (1831-1906) the leading educationalist and headmistress of the College, which was exhibited at the Cheltenham Fine Art Society in 1892 and later shown in Liverpool and London. Stirling exhibited regularly in the 1880s and 1890s and retired to Ulverstone to live with her older sister, Lucy, in 1908. When Lucy died in 1922 her effects were valued at £3,456 10s. 7d. and the principal beneficiary was Evangeline. The following year Evangeline emigrated to the United States, joining her brother and died there in 1930.
This record includes information submitted by Rachel Roberts, College Archivist from the Cheltenham College Magazine, Spring 1892, p. 121 and Autumn 1930, p. 123.
Locations
Address 164, 166-8 Mount Pleasant Liverpool | View on map
1861 (Circa)
Address 164 Mount Pleasant Liverpool | View on map
1871 (Circa)
Address 161 Finborough Road Kensington London SW | View on map
1880 (Circa)
Address 157 Finborough Road Kensington London SW | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address 31 Greenfield Road Liverpool | View on map
1886 (Circa)
Address Cheltenham Ladies College Cheltenham | View on map
1888 (Circa)
Address 8 St George's Place Cheltenham | View on map
1891 (Circa)
Address Astell House Cheltenham | View on map
1894 (Circa)
Address Halbeath King's Road Cheltenham | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address Skelfleet Ulverstone | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the tenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1880
1880
One of our Organ Grinders (1066, terracotta, £10 10s.).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1880 - 1894
Exhibited 4 times, four works (all busts, two in terracotta)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the eleventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1881
1881
Irene, a Study (cat. no. 1415, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1885
1885
Lilly (cat. no. 1436, terracotta, £5 5s.); Portrait of John Finnie, Esq. (cat. no. 1454, terracotta, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the sixteenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1886
1886
Meditation (cat. no. 1260, plaster, £3 3s.); A Rose Maiden (Medallion) (cat. no. 1266, £9 9s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1893
1893
Miss Beale, Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College (cat. no. 1163, bust, not for sale). This work was also shown at the Royal Academy in 1894 (cat. no. 1792).
Personal and Professional Connections
Daughter/son/child of Mary Stirling
Daughter/son/child of Edwin Stirling
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Kelly's Directory of the Building Trades Comprising Every Trade and Profession in any way connected with Architecture and Building throughout England, Scotland and Wales, 1886 Kelly's Trades Directories
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Student Sculpture Modelling'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
'College Art Teacher' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Art Professor Sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Retired Art Teacher' employer Cheltenham Ladies College
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-third, 1893 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1893
pp. 42-45.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the fifteenth, 1885 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1885
pp. 85-87.
Autumn exhibition of pictures, in oil and water-colours: the sixteenth, 1886 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1886
pp. 79-80.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
RG09 piece 2681 folio 101 page 20
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871
2004
RG10 piece 3782 folio 157 page 15
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
RG11 piece 47 folio 31 page 56
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 2047; Folio: 68; Page: 3; GSU Roll: 6097157
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 2462 folio 113 page 26
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN25622 RG78PN1469 RD481 SD3 ED9 SN205
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Evangeline Stirling
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1853
Registration district: West Derby
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 350
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Lucy Annie Jane Stirling
Probate Date: 30 Jun 1922
Death Date: 9 Apr 1922
Death Place: Lancashire, England
Registry: Lancashire, England
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1880 Walker Art Gallery
1880
p. 68.
Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1881 Walker Art Gallery
1881
pp. 81-82.
Citing this record
'Evangeline Stirling', 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_1278425801, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
