George Anderson Lawson HRSA

Works

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John Pettie, RA

The Late John Pettie, RA
Exhibited posthumously in 1906

Daphnis
1887 (Circa)

Prodigious (Dominie Sampson)
1893 (Circa)

John Pettie, RA
1899 (Presumed)

Motherless
1901

The Late John Pettie, Esq., RA
1901 (Presumed)

Robert Burns
1901 (Presumed)

Locations

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Address Streatham Lodge Sheen Road London SW | View on map
1901 (Presumed)

Address 83 St. George Place Glasgow | View on map
1860 (Circa) - 1861 (Circa)

Address 139 Gloucester Road Regent's Park London | View on map
1868 (Circa) - 1869 (Circa)

Address 36 Gloucester Road London | View on map
1870 (Circa) - 1882 (Circa)
Gave this address in the Royal Academy of Arts catalogues between 1870-71 and later between 1875-1882

Address 9 Lower Seymour Street London | View on map
1873 (Circa) - 1874 (Circa)

Address 6 Marlborough Road St. John's Wood London NW | View on map
1884 (Circa) - 1893 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Seventy-Third Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1899
'John Pettie, RA'

Exhibited at The Thirty-sixth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1901
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Forty-First Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1906
'The Late John Pettie, RA'

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1887
Multiple works

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1893
'Prodigious (Dominie Sampson)'

Exhibited at Royal Academy of Art: The Exhibition of Scottish Art, 1939

Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1860 - 1892
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 16 times (and his works were exhibited on an additional 4 times): 1860 (1 work), 1861 (2 works), 1868 (1 work), 1869 (2 works), 1870 (2 works), 1873 (3 works), 1874 (3 works), 1875 (2 works), 1876 (1 work), 1877 (1 work), 1881 (2 works), 1882 (1 work), 1884 (1 work), 1885 (1 work), 1886 (1 work) and 1892 (1 work). Additional exhibitions: 1905 (5 works), 1916 (1 work), 1926 (1 work) and 1979 (1 work).

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1862 - 1893
Exhibited 27 times, about 48 works in all (statuettes, busts and figure groups in marble, terra cotta and bronze)

Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1870 - 1901
Exhibited 11 times (an average of 2 works per show)

Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the fourth (Free Public Library and Museum, Liverpool), 1874
1874
George MacDonald, Esq., LLD (cat. no. 1086, bronze bust, £5 5s.); Bailie Nicol Jarvie (cat. no. 1087, plaster, £12); Dominie Sampson (cat. no. 1101, £7).

Exhibited at Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures: the tenth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1880
1880
Daphins (cat. no. 1067, £1050).

Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901

Institutional and Business Connections

Elected honorary member of The Royal Scottish Academy
1884
p. xxxvii

Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts

Personal and Professional Connections

Assistant was John Tweed
1888 (Circa)

Nominated by John Pettie
8 March 1869
For RA; unsuccessful.

Seconded by John Everett Millais
8 March 1869
For RA; unsuccessful.

Descriptions of Practice

Listed under Sculptors The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1860-1861 Thirty-Third Annual Publication
p. 512 Listed under Sculptors

Sources

Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Papers relating to the founding of the Society
1888 (Circa)
'National Exhibition of the Arts'. Listed as one of 20 sculptors invited to be part of selection and hanging committee.

Catalogue of the Exhibition of Scottish Art 1939, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1939

International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901, Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901

Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1874 Walker Art Gallery
1874
pp. 42-43.

Liverpool autumn exhibition of modern pictures, 1880 Walker Art Gallery
1880
pp. 67-69.

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
S. E. Fryer, ‘Lawson, George Anderson (1832–1904)’, rev. Robin L. Woodward, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34445, accessed 23 July 2009]

Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1866-1906
1906
See entries for 1869.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Forty-First Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1906 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
1906
p. 53.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Seventy-Third Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1899
1899
p. 68.

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Thirty-Sixth Spring Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1901
1901
p. 62.

The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1860-1861 Thirty-Third Annual Publication
1860
p. 512 Listed under Sculptors

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 5: Lawrence to Nye
1906
p. 7

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989. Volume 3, L-P. A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1991 The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989
1991
p. 27

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 1, A-D
1991
p. xxxvii

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 3, L-Q
1991
p.24 and p.25