Miss (Mary Louisa) Hermione Unwin JP
Born 1866
Died 25 June 1955
Active: 1894 - 1938
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist, educationalist, committee member
Born in Keighley, Yorkshire. Daughter of a wool merchant, Stephen P. Unwin (born c.1837). She remained living in the parental home until at least 1911. She served on the West Riding Education Committee and was Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors for the City of Leeds College of Art.
Wealth at death: £12,315 16s. 7d.
Probate date: 23 September 1955
Works
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Medallion Portrait, Mrs Richard Honeyburne
Locations
Address 11 Hall Royd Shipley | View on map
1871 - 1911
Address 16 Clarendon Place Leeds | View on map
1955
Living here at the time of her death.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1894
'Medallion Portrait, Mrs Richard Honeyburne'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1895
'Medallion Portrait'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1898
'Annunciation'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1896
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1897
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1899
'Day Dreams'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1900
'Owen, Son of H. A. Hering, Esq.'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1901
'Study of a Woman's Head'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1902
'Miss Alice Ravenhill'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1903
'Medallion Portrait, Mrs Richard Honeyburne'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1904
'Harold H. Everett, Esq.'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1892 - 1899
Exhibited twice, one work on each occasion ('Child's Head, a Study' and 'Owen, son of H. A. Hering, Esq.,' medallion, bronze).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Study of a Girl's Head (cat. no. 1286, plaster, £5 5s.); Head of a Brownie (cat. no. 1301, terracotta, £5 5s.); Medallion Portrait (cat. no. 1328, £4 4s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
Child's Head (cat. no. 1305, portrait medallion, £4 4s.); The Annunciation (cat. no. 1323, coloured relief, £20).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
Day Dreams (cat. no. 1445, bust in tinted plaster, £10 10s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Fleur de Luce (cat. no. 1430, medallion, £5 5s.); Study of a Woman's Head (cat. no. 1434, medallion, £5 5s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
Miss Alice Ravenhill (cat. no. 1550a, plaster relief medallion, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
Mrs R. Honeyburne (cat. no. 1473, bronze medallion, not for sale).
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 contemporary sculptor and modeller living in London. Exhibited a bronze portrait medallion at the Royal Academy, London, in 1904. See Forrer, vol. 6, (1916), p. 172.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist sculptor'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
None listed
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth, 1898 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1898
pp. 45-48.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth, 1894 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1894
pp. 49-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh, 1897 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1897
pp. 44-47.
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1894
1894
Cat. No. 594, pp. 53, 113
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1895
1895
Cat. Nos. 624, 628, pp. 53, 117
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1896
1896
Cat. No. 549, pp. 50, 85
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1897
1897
Cat. No. 778, pp. 74, 111
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1898
1898
Cat. Nos. 244, 272, pp. 27, 76
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1899
1899
Cat. No. 266, pp. 30, 86
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1900
1900
Cat. Nos. 175, 564, pp. 25, 52, 86
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1901
1901
Cat. No. 200, pp. 23, 66
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1902
1902
Cat. No. 386, pp. 38, 72
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1903
1903
Cat. No. 370, pp. 40, 84
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1904
1904
Cat. Nos. 426, 428, pp. 43, 107
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 4181; Folio: 68; Page: 17
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN26635 RG78PN1535 RD497 SD6 ED12 SN228
City of Leeds College of Art, Prospectus, 1936-7
1936 (Presumed)
p. 2
City of Leeds College of Art, Prospectus, 1937-8
1937 (Presumed)
p. 2
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Mary L H Unwin
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1866
Registration district: Keighley
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 9a
Page: 158
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Mary Louisa Hermione Unwin
Probate Date: 23 Sep 1955
Death Date: 25 Jun 1955
Death Place: Leeds, England
Registry: Wakefield
Citing this record
'Miss (Mary Louisa) Hermione Unwin JP', 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=msib5_1207152912, accessed 30 May 2023]
