Edward Hill Lacey
Born 16 October 1891
Died 1967
Active: 1911 - 1967
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He was the son of William Charles Lacey (born c.1863 in Bradford), woollen warehouseman. Edward was raised in Bradford and began attending art school around the age of 19. It is assumed he began his studies locally in Bradford or Leeds and then moved to London. In John Gorman's 'Images of labour' it is stated that Lacey was a student of James Havard Thomas at the Slade but this is unconfirmed at present.
From 1924 he exhibited in London, Manchester, and Glasgow. Lacey established a practice as a sculptor of portraits and amongst his sitters were the socialist activist and leader, Henry Mayers Hyndman (1842-1921) and a posthumous bronze bust of Mrs Rosalind Travers Hyndman. The former work was commissioned by the Hyndman memorial committee and was cast in bronze at the Parlanti foundry, it was gifted to the National Portrait Gallery in 1922. The portrait of Rosalind Hyndman was shown at the Royal Academy in 1925 (cat. no. 1230). In 1966 he was living at Lavender House, Hastings.
The record includes information submitted by Bea Lacey and Steve Parlanti creator of the website http://www.parlantibronzefoundries.co.uk/ (accessed 1 August 2013) and from
John Gorman, 'Images of labour: selected memorabilia from the National Museum of Labour History, London', Great Britain, 1985, p.136. Details of the portrait of Hyndman are available at http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw03347/Henry-Mayers-Hyndman?LinkID=mp02349&search=sas&sText=hyndman&role=sit&rNo=1#sitter (accessed 1 August 2013)
Works
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Locations
Address 27 Waverly Road Bradford | View on map
1901 (Circa)
Address 270 Great Horton Road Bradford | View on map
1911 (Circa)
Address 6 Albert Street Mornington Crescent London NW1 | View on map
1924 (Circa) - 1925 (Circa)
Address 48 Redcliffe Road London SW | View on map
1934 - 1935
Address 38 Redcliffe Road London SW | View on map
1936 (Circa) - 1937 (Circa)
Address 41 Cathcart Road London SW10 | View on map
1938 (Circa)
Address 5B Compton Terrace Canonbury London | View on map
1955 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Annual Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Twenty-ninth London Exhibition), 1925
'A Cymric Maid'
Exhibited at Manchester Art Federation, Fine & Applied Art Exhibition, 1924
'The Egoist'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1924 - 1955
Exhibited 8 times, sixteen works in all (chiefly portraits in bronze but also some figure groups)
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1936
Exhibited once
Sources
Catalogue of the Fine & Applied Art Exhibition, City of Manchester Art Gallery, 1924
1924 (Presumed)
Cat No. 311, pp. 32, 37
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 4165 folio 92 page 28
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN26822 RG78PN1542 RD498 SD4 ED12 SN6
England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2007
2007
Name: Edward H Lacey
Birth Date: abt 1892
Date of Registration: Sep 1967
Age at Death: 75
Registration District: Hastings
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 364
West Yorkshire, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
2011
Name: Edward Hill Lacey
Birth Date: 16 Oct 1891
Parish: Manningham, St Mary Magdalene
Baptism Date: 2 Oct 1892
Father's Name: William Charles Lacey
Mother's Name: Mary Lacey
Citing this record
'Edward Hill Lacey', 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_1227706927, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
