Miss May Heatherington Barker
Born 1858 (Circa)
Died 25 July 1912
Active: 1881 - 1912
Country of birth and death: England
Modeller, medallist
Born in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. She was the daughter of the Vicar of Spelsbury.
Wealth at death: £1,870 1s. 2d.
Probate date: 17 August 1912
Works
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Locations
Address 3 Cavendish Square Marylebone London | View on map
1881
Address Devonshire Mansions 107 Marylebone Road London W | View on map
1892 (Presumed) - 1911
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1896
'Study'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1891 - 1897
Exhibited 6 times, 1-2 works per year.
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
Design for a medal - obverse, a portrait; reverse, St Martin and the Beggar (cat. no. 1277).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Study in Tinted Plaster (cat. no. 1334B, £3 3s.).
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with Harold Steward Rathbone
1901 (Presumed)
Created overmantel designed by Miss Barker.
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 I, 1902 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a 'contemporary modeller and medallist', and as exhibiting a portrait medal at the 'First Exhibition of the Society of Medallists, at the Dutch Gallery' (c. 1898): see Forrer, vol. 1, (1902), p. 50.
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 VII, 1923 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1891. See Forrer, vol. 7, (1923), p. 49.
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Artist Art Teacher' working on own account also Ellen Mary Rope (1855-1934) 'Sculptor' working on own account 'next door' and Dorothy Anne Aldrich Rope (born c.1884) 'Sculptor and Draftsman' worker
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist Teacher' also working on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
'Art Students'
Sources
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1896
1896
Cat. No. 557, pp. 50, 67
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881
2004
Class: RG11; Piece: 140; Folio: 77; Page: 10; GSU roll: 1341031
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 110 folio 155 page 46
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN545 RG78PN19 RD7 SD2 ED9 SN253
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN545 RG78PN19 RD7 SD2 ED9 SN253
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: May Heatherington Barker
Probate Date: 17 Aug 1912
Death Date: 25 Jul 1912
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London, England
Citing this record
'Miss May Heatherington Barker', 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_1207825568, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
