Miss Florence Midwood
Other names: Mrs Fleming (from 1905)
Born 1855
Died 1919
Active: 1893 - 1906
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, painter
Born in Hill Cliffe (also spelt High Cliffe and High Cliff in census returns), Cheshire. She was the daughter of Frederick Midwood (born c.1819 in Manchester), a calico merchant and manufacturer. In 1905 Florence married John Gibson Fleming and lived in London and (possibly) Sussex until her death. She exhibited animal subjects between 1897-12 in London, Liverpool and Manchester.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Locations
Address Gatley Hall Stockport | View on map
1881 (Circa)
Address Toft Knutsford | View on map
1893 (Circa)
Address Briarwood Knutsford | View on map
1895 (Circa) - 1898 (Circa)
Address Holmgarth Henfield | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1906 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition, 1906
'The Favourite'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Eleventh Autumn Exhibition, 1893
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twenty-Third Autumn Exhibition, 1905
'The Favourite'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897
'Last Year's Favourite'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Sixteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1898
Multiple works
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Twentieth Autumn Exhibition, 1902
'Pegasus'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
'On the Track'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1894
1894
Olaf the Dane (cat. no. 1353, £10 10s.).
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1897
Exhibited once, one work (Greyhound, last year's favourite, cat. no. 1961)
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor', registered as a visitor at 19 Handforth Road, Lambeth, London
Sources
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fourth, 1894 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1894
pp. 49-52.
British Artists 1880-1940
1980
p. 352
Catalogue of the Eleventh Autumn Exhibition, 1893
1893
Cat. Nos. 796, pp. 62, 74
Catalogue of the Fifteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1897
1897
Cat. No. 421, pp. 44, 55
Catalogue of the Nineteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1901
1901
Cat. No. 284, pp. 49, 57
Catalogue of the Sixteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1898
1898
Cat. No. 232, pp. 27, 33
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1906
1906
Cat. No. 440, pp. 41, 93
Catalogue of the Thirteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1895
1895
Cat. No. 635, pp. 54, 63
Catalogue of the Twentieth Autumn Exhibition (Manchester Art Gallery), 1902
1902
Cat. No. 248, pp. 43, 50
Catalogue of the Twenty-Third Autumn Exhibition, 1905
1905
Cat. No. 277, pp. 46, 58
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
Class: RG 9; Piece: 2554; Folio: 19; Page: 2; GSU roll: 542989
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
Class: RG13; Piece: 420; Folio: 138; Page: 31
England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940
2002
Name: Florence Midwood
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1905
Registration District: St George Hanover Square
Inferred County: London
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 943
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Florence Fleming
Birth Date: abt 1854
Date of Registration: Jun 1919
Age at Death: 65
Registration District: St George Hanover Square
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1a
Page: 464
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Florence Midwood
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1855
Registration District: Runcorn
Inferred County: Cheshire
Volume: 8a
Page: 195
Citing this record
'Miss Florence Midwood', 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_1210007620, accessed 24 Mar 2023]
