Women's Suffrage: The Phyllis and Jim Bratt CollectionDOWNING (EDITH)Boy with Cherry 'A Sketch', plaster, stamped with signature and date 'A Sketch/ Edith Downing/ 1907', old paper label affixed to base 'work of Edith Downing which she sold in aid of Suffragette cause', cherry and stalk missing and replaced with wooden bead, repairs to left leg and foot, repairs and small losses to plinth, areas of rubbing, c.230 high x 95mm., 1907FootnotesThe sculptor and WSPU activist Edith Downing (1857-1931) studied at the South Kensington School and the Slade and exhibited at the Royal Academy (where she was a regular contributor), the Society of Women Artists, the Royal Glasgow Institute and the Paris Salon. She collaborated with other artists such as Marion Wallace-Dunlop on numerous processions and performances and sold several artworks in aid of WSPU funds, including the present figure, a statuette of Peter Pan (1908) and figures of Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney which were sold at the Prince's Skating Rink Exhibition of 1909 at 5 guineas and 2 guineas respectively. The present small plaster sculpture is a version of Downing's bronze Boy with Cherry, dating from 1907, which was donated by her to the National Museum of Wales in 1930 (Accession Number A296). The Museum holds several of her pieces including a life-size figure of Avarice, whilst her largest commission was a marble altarpiece including 32 alabaster figures for St Peter's Church, Wormbridge, Herefordshire.
Women's Suffrage: The Phyllis and Jim Bratt CollectionDOWNING (EDITH)Boy with Cherry 'A Sketch', plaster, stamped with signature and date 'A Sketch/ Edith Downing/ 1907', old paper label affixed to base 'work of Edith Downing which she sold in aid of Suffragette cause', cherry and stalk missing and replaced with wooden bead, repairs to left leg and foot, repairs and small losses to plinth, areas of rubbing, c.230 high x 95mm., 1907FootnotesThe sculptor and WSPU activist Edith Downing (1857-1931) studied at the South Kensington School and the Slade and exhibited at the Royal Academy (where she was a regular contributor), the Society of Women Artists, the Royal Glasgow Institute and the Paris Salon. She collaborated with other artists such as Marion Wallace-Dunlop on numerous processions and performances and sold several artworks in aid of WSPU funds, including the present figure, a statuette of Peter Pan (1908) and figures of Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney which were sold at the Prince's Skating Rink Exhibition of 1909 at 5 guineas and 2 guineas respectively. The present small plaster sculpture is a version of Downing's bronze Boy with Cherry, dating from 1907, which was donated by her to the National Museum of Wales in 1930 (Accession Number A296). The Museum holds several of her pieces including a life-size figure of Avarice, whilst her largest commission was a marble altarpiece including 32 alabaster figures for St Peter's Church, Wormbridge, Herefordshire.
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