Miss Gertrude Eliza Wright
Born 1871
Active: 1892 - 1931
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Manchester. She was the daughter of Richard Wright (born c.1841 in Islington, London), an auctioneer (c.1881) and a clerk in the probate court (c.1891-1901).
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 52 Chorlton Road Brook's Bar Manchester | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1908 (Circa)
Address 79 Ducie Grove Whitworth Park Manchester | View on map
1909 (Circa) - 1931 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1903
'The Fates'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1904
'The Bathers'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1905
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1906
'Playmates'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1907
'Reverie'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1908
'Molly'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at Manchester Art Federation, Fine & Applied Art Exhibition, 1924
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Third Autumn Exhibition, 1905
'Playmates'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
'Portrait'
Exhibited at City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Modern Oil Paintings and Sculpture, 1913
'Snake Charmer'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Heaton Hall Branch, Exhibition of Works of Members and Associates of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, Summer 1907
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Fifth Autumn Exhibition, 1907
'Boys Fishing'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Sixth Autumn Exhibition, 1908
Multiple works
Exhibited at City of Manchester Art Gallery, Exhibition of Drawings & Examples of Craftsmanship, 1911
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition, 1906
'Reverie'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Second Autumn Exhibition, 1904
'Seaweed'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twentieth Autumn Exhibition, 1902
'Cat's Cradle'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
'Portrait'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
The Fates (cat. no. 1405, plaster group, not for sale).
Institutional and Business Connections
Associated with Manchester Academy of Fine Arts
Student at Manchester School of Art
1892 (Circa)
Sources
Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.
Catalogue of the Eighteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1900
1900
Cat. No. 255, pp. 46, 59
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Drawings & Examples of Craftsmanship, Spring 1911
1911
Cat. Nos. 370, 371, pp. 48, 62
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Modern Oil Paintings and Sculpture, Autumn 1913
1913
Cat. No. 232, pp. 51, 64
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Works of Members and Associates of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, Summer 1907
1907
Cat. Nos. 82, 83, 84, pp. 21, 22, 32
Catalogue of the Fine & Applied Art Exhibition, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1924
1924 (Presumed)
Cat No. 330, pp. 34, 39
Catalogue of the Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
1901
Cat. No. 48, pp. 2, 48, 63
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1903
1903
Cat No. 356, pp. 38, 86
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1904
1904
Cat. No. 689, pp. 67, 109
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1905
1905
Cat. Nos. 569, 573, pp. 52, 102
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1906
1906
Cat. No. 449, pp. 42, 102
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1907
1907
Cat. No. 736, pp. 58, 88
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1908
1908
Cat. Nos. 365, 491, pp. 34, 44, 96
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1909
1909
Cat. No. 242, pp. 25, 91
Catalogue of the Twentieth Autumn Exhibition (Manchester Art Gallery), 1902
1902
Cat. No. 247, pp. 43, 55
Catalogue of the Twenty-Fifth Autumn Exhibition, 1907
1907
Cat. No. 262, pp. 47, 63
Catalogue of the Twenty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition, 1906
1906
Cat. No. 271, pp. 48, 63
Catalogue of the Twenty-Second Autumn Exhibition, 1904
1904
Cat. No. 299, pp. 48, 63
Catalogue of the Twenty-Sixth Autumn Exhibition, 1908
1908
Cat. No. 196, pp. 36, 49
Catalogue of the Twenty-Third Autumn Exhibition, 1905
1905
Cat. No. 279, pp. 46, 62
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 3704 folio 125 page 4
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN23851 RG78PN1379 RD464 SD3 ED23 SN262
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Gertrude Eliza Wright
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1871
Registration district: Chorlton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 751
Kelly's Directory of Manchester and Salford, 1931
1931
p. 1868
Municipal School of Art, Manchester, List of Successes Obtained at the Examinations of the Board of Education, Session 1902-1903
1903
pp. 48, 62
Slater's Manchester, Salford and Suburban Directory, 1921
1921
p. 1611
Citing this record
'Miss Gertrude Eliza Wright', 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_1209423330, accessed 25 May 2018]
