Mrs Jess Lawson Peacey
Other names: née Mutter Lawson
Born 1885 (Circa)
Died 1965
Active: 1920 - 1937
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born in Edinburgh, Midlothian.
Locations
Address 8 Kensington Crescent Kensington Road London | View on map
1910 - 1911
Shared with Anne Acheson, and in 1911 with Mary Alexander Chambers (art student), Nora Marie Simmons (art student), and Grace Eleanor Barber (art student)
Address 10 Auriol Road Baron's Court London | View on map
1912 (Circa)
Listed at 10 Auriol Road rather than the studio
Address 4 Pembroke Studios Pembroke Gardens London | View on map
1920 (Circa) - 1937 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1910 - 1938
Exhibited 16 times, an average of two works each year (as Lawson to 1915 and then as Peacey from 1920).
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1911 - 1912
Exhibited at the annual exhibition twice as 'Mutter Lawson': 1911 (2 works) and 1912 (2 works).
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1920 - 1935
Exhibited 5 times (an average of one work per show)
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1920 - 1937
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 3 times: 1920 (2 works), 1931 (1 work) and 1937 (4 works).
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1949 (Presumed)
Became fellow in 1949.
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1949 - 1963
Personal and Professional Connections
Shared house with Anne Crawford Acheson
1911 (Circa)
both listed at same address in 1911 Census and both teaching for LCC. They were fellow students and friends from about 1908 or earlier [based on Llewellyn, 2010].
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Art Student and visiting Teacher', employer: London County Council
Sources
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN134 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED47 SN18
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts Vol. V LAWR-SHER
1981
p. 5 (entry as Jessie M. Lawson)
Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts Vol. V LAWR-SHER
1981
p. 286 (entry as Jess Lawson Peacey)
Citing this record
'Mrs Jess Lawson Peacey', 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=msib6_1251197902, accessed 26 Mar 2023]