Mrs Ada Freeman Gell
Other names: Mrs Newman Gell, Miss Ada Evershed
Born 1850 (Circa)
Died 1929
Active: 1894 - 1908
Sculptor
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited. Click here for more information.
Locations
Address 43 Roland Gardens South Kensington London SW | View on map
Address 49 Roland Gardens London SW | View on map
Address 49 Roland Gardens S.W. London | View on map
1898 (Presumed) - 1900 (Presumed)
Address 49 Portland Gardens London | View on map
1898 - 1908
Address 9 Museum Mansions Great Russell Street London | View on map
1908 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Exhibition of International Art (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1898
Multiple works
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: First Exhibition, 1888
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1895
'At the Brook'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
'Bending the Bow'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897
'Isis'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Seventeenth Autumn Exhibition, 1899
'At the Brook'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Fourteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1896
'An Archer'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1887 - 1899
Exhibited 9 times, average 1 work per year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Jessie (cat. no. 1293, marble head, not for sale); At the Brook (cat. no. 1305, bronzed plaster, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Victory (cat. no. 1319, statuette, for sale in plaster £10 10s., in bronze £50); Marble Bas-Relief (cat. no. 1336, not for sale).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1896
1896
Psyche (cat. no. 1163, marble bust, £100).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-seventh (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1897
1897
Girl's Head (cat. no. 1299, bronzed terracotta, £10 10s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-eighth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1898
1898
At the Brook (cat. no. 1504, bronze group, £52 10s.).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Cup and Ball (cat. no. 1334, bronze statuette, £31 10s.).
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the First Exhibition.
1888
p.141.
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-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
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 modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-sixth, 1896 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1896
pp. 45-48.
Catalogue of the Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897
1897
Cat. No. 427, pp. 44, 50
Catalogue of the Fourteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1896
1896
Cat. No. 348, pp. 34, 39
Catalogue of the Seventeenth Autumn Exhibition, 1899
1899
Cat. No. 247, pp. 43, 48
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1895
1895
Cat. No. 633, pp. 54, 104
Catalogue of the Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
1895
Cat. No. 620, pp. 53, 59
Catalogue of the Twelfth Autumn Exhibition, 1894
1894
Cat. No. 625, pp. 54, 59
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 813; Folio 48; Page 17; GSU roll: 6095923.
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Citing this record
'Mrs Ada Freeman Gell', 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_1207225836, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
