Mrs Dorathea Hirst
Other names: nee Foster, first named also spelt Dorothea
Born 1880
Died 1940 (Presumed)
Active: 1901 - 1910
Country of birth and death: England
Wood carver, sculptor
Born in Leeds. She was the daughter of (William) Gilbert Foster RBA, artist 1855-1906. Married first in 1903 to (Henry) Reginald Hirst (1876-1936, born in Batley), a director of a woollen cloth mill. After her first marriage ended in 1924 she married William Bell (1881-c.1970), who was born in Westerkirk, Dumfriesshire. He was an architect and practiced in Dundee, Wakefield and the south of England before retiring to Kirkcudbright. William was also a painter and an author of several books of reminiscences. His friends included the sculptor and critic, Vernon Blake and the poet and author, Siegfried Sassoon.
This record includes information supplied by Douglas Jardine.
Works
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Decorated Box
Locations
Address Beechwood Chapel Street Leeds | View on map
Address Bank House Staincliffe Batley | View on map
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1901
'Ileene'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, Arts & Crafts Exhibition, 1904
Multiple works
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1905
'Pandora's Box'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1907
'Decorated Letter Rack'
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1910
'Decorated Hand Glass'
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with (Henry) Reginald Hirst
1904
They were married in 1903
Daughter/son/child of Nora Mary Foster
Daughter/son/child of (William) Gilbert Foster
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
Father and daughter both 'Artist painter sculpt' working on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
None
Sources
Catalogue of the Arts & Crafts Exhibition 1904
1904
Cat. Nos. 79, 1273, 1276, 1279, 1280, 1281, pp. 9, 77, 130
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1901
1901
Cat. Nos. 156 (a drawing), 186 (a miniature), 198, pp. 20, 22, 23, 57
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1905
1905
Cat. No. 560, pp. 51, 88
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1907
1907
Cat. No. 340, pp. 31, 76
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1910
1910
Cat. No. 558, pp. 46, 72
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 4198; Folio: 15; Page: 22.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN27228 RG78PN1556 RD503 SD2 ED2 SN414
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Dorothea Foster
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1880
Registration district: Leeds
Inferred County: Yorkshire - West Riding
Volume: 9b
Page: 616
West Yorkshire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921
2011
Name: Henry Reginald Hirst
Birth Year: abt 1877
Age: 26
Marriage or Bann Date: 12 Mar 1903
Parish: Whitkirk, St Mary
Father's Name: George Henry Hirst
[Geroge Henry Hirst]
Spouse's Name: Dorathea Foster
Spouse's Father's Name: William Gilbert Foster
Citing this record
'Mrs Dorathea Hirst', 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_1209585428, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
