Women at the Grosvenor Gallery, 1877-1882.

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Source: Henry Blackburn (1882) Grosvenor Notes. Chatto & Windus.

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  • Alma-Tadema, Mrs. [Laura Theresa, Lady Alma-Tadema (née Epps), 1852-1909].
  • Anderson, Mrs. S. [Sophie Anderson (née Gengembre), 1823-1903].
    • 1878 (1).
  • Angell, Helen C. [Helen Cordelia Angell (British, 1847-1884)].
    • 1877 (2), 1878 (2).
  • Atkins, Miss Catherine J.
  • Aumonier, Miss.
  • Bell, Miss Ada.
  • Beresford, Miss.
  • Blandy, Miss L. V.
  • Blunt, Lady Anne.
  • Boyle, Hon. Mrs. R.
  • Bromley, Mrs. Val.
  • Brooks, Miss F. C.
  • Brooks, Miss M.
  • Cameron, Mrs. Campbell.
  • Carey, Miss A. S.
  • Carr, Miss Kate.
    • 1877 (1).
  • Chaplain, Miss A. M.
  • Chaplin, Miss Alice.
  • Charlton, Miss C.
  • Charteris, Lady Louisa.
    • 1877 (1).
  • Clark, Mrs. Saville.
  • Collier, Mrs. John.
  • Cook, Miss S. L.
  • Corder, Miss Rose.
  • Corkling, Miss M.
  • Currey, Miss F. W.
  • de l’Aubintére, Mdme.
  • Defries, Miss Sara.
    • 1878 (1).
  • Denison, Miss J.
  • Fry, Mrs. C. Nottidge.
  • Gillies, Miss Margaret.
    • 1877 (1), 1878 (1).
  • Gleichen, Countess Fedora.
  • Gleichen, Countess Theodora.
  • Goodman, Miss M.
  • Gosse, Mrs.
  • Graham, Florence.
  • Hastings, Mrs. Kate Gardener.
  • Hooper, Miss M. L.
  • Hughes, Miss Amy.
  • Hume, Mrs. E.
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  • Jackson, Miss E. A.
  • Jopling, Mrs. Louise. (Spelled “Louisa” in error on 1881.)
    • 1877 (1), 1878 (2).
  • Koberwein, Miss Rosa
  • Konkrup, Miss Katinka.
  • Langham, The Hon. Mrs. Langham.
  • Lawson, Mrs. Cecil.
  • Lawson, Mrs. E. R.
  • Liberty, Miss Octavia.
  • Lindsay (of Balcarres), Lady.
    • 1877 (8), 1878 (6).
  • Lindsay, Miss Violet.
  • Lindsay, The Hon. Mrs. Loyd.
  • Louise, H.R.H. Princess, Marchioness of Lorne.
    • 1878 (1).
  • Marrable, Mrs.
  • Merritt, Mrs. A. L.
  • Mitchell, Mrs.
  • Mitchell, Mrs. M. D.
  • Montalba, Miss Clara.
  • Montalba, Miss Henrietta S.
  • Moore, Miss A. E. C.
  • Mortlock, Miss Ethel.
  • Munro, Mrs. Henrietta.
    • 1877 (1).
  • Murch, Mrs. Arthur.
  • Naftel, Miss Maud.
  • Paget, Miss E.
  • Pertz, Miss A. J.
  • Perugini, Mrs. Kate.
  • Phinney, Miss Emma E.
  • Pickering, Miss Evelyn.
    • 1877 (1), 1878 (1).
  • Prentice, Miss Kate.
  • Ravenhill, Miss M. F.
  • Reid, Miss L.
  • Richter, Helene.
    • 1878 (1).
  • Robinson, Miss A. L.
  • Saville, Mrs Josephine.
  • Schlater-Booth, Miss.
  • Sherrard-Kennedy, Mrs. Florence.
  • Stark, Miss
  • Starr, Miss.
  • Stephens, Miss E.
  • Stillman, Mrs. Spartali. [Maria Stillman (née Spartali).]
    • 1877 (1).
  • Storey, Miss B.
  • Storey, Miss S.
  • Story, Miss B.
  • Story, Miss M. L.
  • Story, Miss M. S.
  • Stuart-Wortley, Miss.
  • Tennant, Miss Dorothy.
  • Thomas, Miss F. E.
  • Warwick, Countess of.
    • 1877 (2).
  • Waterford, Louisa, Marchioness of.
    • 1878 (3).
  • Watson, Miss R. M.
  • Williams, Miss J. S.
  • Wortley, Mary Stuart.
  • Wylie, Mrs. C.
    • 1878 (1).

MAY 1877. 62 works, 19 (31%) by women.

  • Angell, Mrs.
    • 37. Roses.
    • 40. Azaleas.
  • Carr, Miss Kate.
    • 29. Mrs. Boughton.
  • Charteris, Lady Louisa.
    • 44. Viscountess de Vesci.
  • Gillies, Miss Margaret.
    • 39. The Friends.
  • Jopling, Mrs. Louise.
    • 56. It Might Have Been.
  • Lindsay, Lady.
    • 1. The Use of the Globes.
    • 2. Portrait of Miss Violet Lindsey.
    • 3. Chrysanthemums.
    • 22. The Hon. Lady Pelly.
    • 27. Rhododendrons.
    • 38. Orchids.
    • 41. No more hair pins.
    • 42. If Ifs and Ands.
  • Munro, Mrs. Henrietta.
    • 55. Miss Annie Munro.
  • Pickering, Miss Evelyn.
    • 30. Ariadne in Naxos.
  • Spartali-Stillman, Mrs.
    • 45. A Portrait.
  • Warwick, Countess of.
    • 47 & 48. Two Portraits on China.

JULY 1878. 241 works, 21 (9%) by women.

  • Anderson, Mrs.
    • 99. A Study of a Child.
  • Angell, Helen C.
    • 226. Roses (watercolour).
    • 227. Irises (watercolour).
  • Gillies, Miss Margaret.
    • 166. Evening.
  • Jopling, Mrs. Louise.
    • 77. Portrait of Evelina.
    • 136. Pity is akin to love.

  • Lindsay (of Balcarres), Lady.
    • 210. Blossoms (watercolour).
    • 211. Beaulieu River, Hants (watercolour).
    • 212. The Third Volume (watercolour).
    • 213. A Study on a Wet Day (watercolour).
    • 214. Baby’s Ugly Mug (watercolour).
    • 215. Near Christchurch, Hants (watercolour).
  • Lindsay, The Hon. Mrs. Loyd.
    • 185. Interior at Lockinge.
  • Louise, H.R.H. the Princess.
    • 233. Geraint and Enid. [sculpture]

  • Pickering, Miss Evelyn.
    • 95. Venus and Cupid.

  • Richter, Helene.
    • 118. A Study of a Child.
  • Waterford, Louisa, Marchioness of.
    • 167. A Recollection (watercolour).
    • 168. Christmas (watercolour).
    • 206. The Parable of the Marriage Supper (watercolour).
    • 220. The Prodigal Son (watercolour).

  • Wylie, Mrs. C.
    • 96. Bertie: Study of a Child.

MAY 1879. 306 works, 31 (10%) by women.

  • Anderson, Mrs.
    • 71. Little Elaine.
  • Blandy, Miss L. V.
    • 243. Vase and Flowers (watercolour).
  • Bromley, Mrs. Val.
    • 207. A Misty Day.
  • Corkling, Miss.
    • 186. Cactus.
  • Defries, Miss Sara.
    • 199. Pygmalion.
  • Gillies, Miss M.
    • 255. The Childhood of Lez-Breis, the Sir Lancelot of Brittany.
  • Gleichen, Countess Theodora.
    • 289. A Study of a Monk (sculpture).
  • Gosse, Mrs.
    • 118. An April Morning.
    • 123. The Twins, Yattendon.
  • Jopling, Mrs.
    • 225. Little Boy Blue (watercolour).
  • Linsay (of Balcarres), Lady.
    • 90. Portrait of Signor Piatti.
    • 130. Portrait of Charles C. Bethune, Esq.
    • 184. The Pride of the Rose Garden.
    • 221. Fairy Flowers (watercolour).
    • 252. Gate of the Highlands, Perthshire (watercolour).

  • Louise, H.R.H. Princess, Marchioness of Lorne.
    • 296. Terracotta Statuette of Miss Violet Lindsay (sculpture).

  • Merritt, Mrs. A. L.
    • 194. Juliet.
  • Montalba, Miss Clara.
    • 155. La Festa di Sant Antonio, Venice.

  • Montalba, Miss H.
    • 298. Blanchard Jerrold Esq.
    • 302. An Anxious Pause (teracotta).

  • Pickering, Miss E.
    • 42. Night and Sleep.

  • Stillman, Mrs. M. S.
    • 41. Gathering Orange Blossoms.
    • 158. Fiametta Singing.
    • 171. Pensierosa.
  • Stuart-Wortley, Miss.
    • 191. Evening on the Cherwell.
  • Waterford, Louisa, Marchioness of.
    • 44. The Wise Woman’s Briar.
    • 111. Teaching the Lord’s Prayer.

  • Watson, Miss R. M.
    • 248. He Loves Me Not.
    • 259. Eastern Life.
  • Wylie, Mrs.
    • 1. A Labour of Love.
    • 206. Clement, Son of F. W. Harris, Esq.

MAY 1880. 324 works, 63 (19%) by women.

  • Alma-Tadema, Mrs.
    • 36. Hunt the Slipper.
  • Anderson, Mrs.
    • 132. The Bathers.

  • Atkins, Miss Catherine J.
    • 269. A Priest.
  • Bell, Miss Ada.
    • 280. Now finds the glimmering landscape
  • Beresford, Miss.
    • 266. Giovanna.
  • Blunt, Lady Anne.
    • 215. The Mecca Pilgrimage leaving Haïl.
    • 216. The Nefud, or Great Red Sand Desert of Arabia.
    • 228. Jeb-el-Shamar – Effect of Mirage.
  • Boyle, Hon. Mrs. R.
    • 221. In a Golden Age.
    • 268. Beauty and the Beast.
  • Bromley, Mrs. Val.
    • 201. A Study on the Cornish Coast. [Sculpture].
  • Chaplin, Miss Alice.
    • 312. The Spirit of Enquiry.

  • Charlton, Miss C.
    • 169. The Hunt of the Wild-fowl.
  • Charteris, Lady Louisa.
    • 249. Peep-Bo!
    • 283. A Pool in the Rocks, Mull.
  • Collier, Mrs. John.
    • 185. A Bacchante.
  • Corkling, Miss M.
    • 209. Study of Pomegranite Flowers.
  • Currey, Miss F. W.
    • 276. The Bend in the River.
  • Gillies, Miss M.
    • 258. A Venetian Lady.
  • Gleichen, The Countess Fedora.
    • 321. A Man-at-arms.
  • Goodman, Miss M.
    • 177. O! for the touch of a vanish’d hand.
  • Gosse, Mrs.
    • 147. Torcross, South Devon.
    • 161. The Lay, Torcross, South Devon.
  • Jopling, Mrs. Louise.
    • 58. Portrait of A. J. R. Trendell, Esq.
    • 75. Chatty.
  • Koberwein, Rosa.
    • 167. A Study.

  • Konkrup, Miss Katinka.
    • 323. Child in a .Bath.
    • 324. A Painter seated by the Sea.
  • Lindsay (of Balcarres), Lady.
    • 148. Pride and Simplicity.
    • 149. Nydia.
    • 151. A Free Breakfast Table.
    • 159. A stitch in time saves nine.
    • 248. From a Devonshire Orchard.
    • 263. Spring wears a cloak
    • 274. Sister Roses.
    • 282. The Harbour, Clovelly, North Devon.
  • Lindsay, Miss Violet.
    • 251. Christmas Roses.
    • 262. Idle Tears.
  • Marchioness of Waterford, Louisa.
    • 222. Ford School, ‘Standard One.'”
    • 246. A Recollection of Blue and Orange.
    • 278. The Home in Nazareth.

  • Marrable, Mrs.
    • 285. Summer Moonlight in Venice.
  • Montalba, Miss Clara.
    • 155. Santa Chiara, Venice.

  • Montalba, Miss Henrietta S.
    • 298. His Excellency the Marquis of Lorne.
    • 307. Romoia.
    • 317. Tilo Melema.

  • Murch, Mrs. Arthur.
    • 109. At Castle Gondolfo, Rome.
    • 190. Persephone. [“Mrs. Murch”.]
  • Naftel, Miss Maud.
    • 214. Azaleas.
  • Pertz, Miss A. J.
    • 289. Bad thing like that
  • Perugini, Mrs. Kate.
    • 55. Civettina.

  • Phinney, Miss Emma E.
    • 319. A Young Nigro.
  • Pickering, Miss E.
    • 61. Mater Dolorosa.
    • 311. Medea.
  • Sherrard-Kennedy, Mrs. Florence.
    • 104. A Quiet Corner.
  • Starr, Miss.
    • 5. Portrait of Marguerite, daughter of William Beverley, Esq.
  • Stephens, Miss E.
    • 207. Study in a Garden near Sorrento.
  • Stillman, Mrs.
    • 267. Certain ladies

  • Story, Miss M. L.
    • 198. Two Designs for a Fan. [Sculpture.]
  • Tennant, Miss Dorothy.
    • 156. Homeless.
  • Thomas, Miss F. E.
    • 281. The Gurnard Tank, Brighton Aquarium.
  • Watson, Miss R. M.
    • 97. Old Cottage, Ashford, Kent.
    • 227. Far Away.
  • Wylie, Mrs. C.
    • 287. Rosa Mystica.

MAY 1881. 325 works, 59 (18%) by women.

  • Alma-Tadema, Mrs.
    • 37. Sisters.

  • Atkins, Miss C. J.
    • 258. A Gipsy.
  • Aumonier, Miss.
    • 213. Yellow Celandine.
  • Bell, Miss Ada.
    • 293. An Agrarian Outrage.
  • Bromley, Mrs. Val.
    • 295. Cornish Beach.
  • Boyle, Hon. Mrs.
    • 288. Greeting.

  • Brooks, Miss M.
    • 274. Determined Characters.

  • Carey, Miss A. S.
    • 314. The Gareloch.
  • Charlton, Miss C.
    • 163. A Water-mill, North Wales,
  • Charteris, Lady Louisa.
    • 209. Ronald Charteris.
    • 287. A Highland Hen-wife.
  • Collier, Mrs. John.
    • 35. Alice, daughter of Frederick Pollock, Esq.

  • Cook, Miss S. L.
    • 235. Christmas Roses.
  • Currey, Miss F. W.
    • 257. Yellow Tulips.
  • Fry, Mrs. C. Nottidge.
    • 170. A Portrait.
  • Gillies, Miss.
    • 308. Rebecca at the Well.

  • Gleichen, Countess Fedora.
    • 321. A Rifleman.
  • Hastings, Mrs. Kate Gardener.
    • 200. The Finding of Moses.

  • Hughes, Miss Amy.
    • 157. Within and Without.

  • Hume, Mrs. E.
    • 202. Lingering Hope.

  • Jackson, Miss E. A.
    • 259. Azaleas.
  • Jopling, Mrs. Louisa.
    • 169. The Nineteenth Century.
  • Koberwein, Rosa.
    • 182. A Lent Lily.

  • Liberty, Miss Octavia.
    • 237. Among the Daffodils.
  • Lindsey (of Balcarres), Lady.
    • 142. A Study of Harmonies.
    • 144. A Fecund Company.
    • 219. A Wreath of Roses.
    • 240. Serious Babyhood.
    • 241. Rebekah.
    • 242. Deborah.
  • Lindsay, Miss Violet.
    • 255. Christmas Roses.
    • 268. Camma.
  • Marchioness of Waterford, Louisa.
    • 36. Three Ages of a Life.
    • 199. The Sower.
    • 214. A Birthday Queen.

  • Marable, Mrs.
    • 230. Dolce far niente – Capri.
  • Merritt, Mrs. A. L.
    • 129. Luna.

  • Mitchell, Mrs. M. D.
    • 108. Azaleas.
    • 297. Still-life.
  • Montalba, Miss Clara.
    • 13. A Dalmatian Boat.

  • Mortlock, Miss Ethel.
    • 108. Sir H. James, Q.C., M.P.
  • Murch, Mrs. A.
    • 135. Gay, daughter of Sir A. B. Paget, K.C.B.
  • Naftel, Miss Maud.
    • 313. Waiting.
    • 315. The Old Court-yard of Audley House, Salisbury.
  • Paget, Miss E.
    • 262. Street in Bruges.
  • Perugini, Mrs. Kate.
    • 48. Violet and Muriel, daughters of John Parsons, Esq.

  • Pickering, Miss E.
    • 17. The Grey Sisters.
    • 89. The Angel of Death.
    • 156. Miss Winifred Bulwer.
  • Prentice, Miss Kate.
    • 178. A Bridge in the New Forest.
  • Saville, Mrs Josephine.
    • 95. Miss V. M. Blennerhassett.
  • Schlater-Booth, Miss.
    • 236. Mrs. Maxwell Lefroy.
  • Stillman, Mrs. Spartali. [Maria Stillman (née Spartali).]
    • 85. Amongst the Willow of Tuscany.
    • 267. Meeting of Dante and Beatrice on All Saints’ Day. [‘Mrs. Stillman.’]
  • Storey, Miss B.
    • 100. Chrysanthemums.
    • 216. Design for a Fan.
  • Storey, Miss S.
    • 212. Design for a Fan.
  • Tennant, Miss Dorothy.
    • 261. Love disconsolate.
  • Williams, Miss J. S.
    • 285. On the Thames.

MAY 1882. 387 works, 67 (17%) by women.

  • Alma-Tadema, Mrs.
    • 163. Granny’s Needle.

  • Anderson, Mrs. S.
    • 74. Golden Apple.
    • 218. A Glance at the Weather.
  • Bromley, Mrs. Val.
    • 247. View near Sevenoaks.
  • Brooks, Miss F. C.
    • 242. Swedish Peasant Child.
  • Cameron, Mrs. Campbell.
    • 337. Two Sketches in Italy.
    • 340. Two Sketches in Italy.
  • Chaplain, Miss A. M.
    • 386. An Old English Mastiff (sculpture).
    • 387. At Bay (sculpture).
  • Chartris, Lady Louisa.
    • 250. Grandfather’s Old Boat.
    • 350. A Cottage Door – West Highlands.
  • Clark, Mrs. Saville.
    • 232. At Southend.
  • Collier, Mrs. J.
    • 29. René, son of F. Harrison, Esq.
    • 103. A Rehersal.

  • Corder, Miss Rose.
    • 160. F. R. Leyland, Esq.
  • de l’Aubintére, Mdme.
    • 197. Down in the Reeds.
  • Denison, Miss J.
    • 256. Hills Above Poole, Dorset.
  • Goodman, Miss.
    • 212. Sweets to the Sweet.
  • Gosse, Mrs.
    • 338. Chrichmere Pool.
    • 348. A Sussex Farm.
  • Graham, Florence.
    • 92. Ænone.

  • Hastings, Mrs. Gardiner.
    • 221. Medea.
  • Hooper, Miss M. L.
    • 128. Portrait.
  • Jopling, Mrs. Louise.
    • 99. The Children in the Wind.
  • Koberwein, Miss R.
    • 10. In that sweet mood …

  • Langham, The Hon. Mrs. Langham.
    • 343. Study in the Isle of Skye.
  • Lawson, Mrs. Cecil.
    • 280. Provence Roses.
  • Lawson, Mrs. E. R.
    • 305. From Love’s shining circle …
    • 326. Companions of the Garden.
  • Liberty, Miss O.
    • 293. Toadstools.
  • Lindsay (of Balcarres), Lady.
    • 98. A Winter Posy.
    • 171. Roses.
    • 192. Little Red Riding Hood.
    • 234. A Fragrant Tangle.
    • 239. Orange Blossoms.
    • 303. Blossoms.
    • 360. Orchids.
  • Lindsay, Miss Violet.
    • 273. Spring Roses.
  • Louise, H.R.H. Princess.
    • 73. A Portrait.

  • Marchioness of Waterford, Louisa.
    • 187. Two blind men …
    • 351. From Monteluse, Perugia, looking towards Foligno.

  • Marrable, Mrs.
    • 336. Sorrento, Bay of Naples.
  • Mitchell, Mrs.
    • 219. A Portrait.
    • 363. Earl Somers.
  • Montalba, Miss H. S.
    • 369. Portrait study (terracotta).
    • 369. Portrait of Miss Matterson (sculpture).

  • Moore, Miss A. E. C.
    • 347. A Branch of Azalea.
  • Murch, Mrs. Arthur.
    • 102. Sleeping Girl.
    • 145. Portrait of Mrs. Charles Plowden.
    • 164. Gallantry Bower, Clovelly, N. Devon.
    • 169. At Capri – Evening.
    • 170. At Capri – Morning.

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  • Perugini, Mrs. Kate.
    • 110. The Rabbit Hutch.
  • Pickering, Miss E.
    • 101. A Christian Martyr.
    • 204. Phosphorus and Hesperus.
  • Ravenhill, Miss M. F.
    • 252. The Hall, Boyton Manor, Wilts.
  • Reid, Miss L.
    • 356. Sunshine.
  • Robinson, Miss A. L.
    • 222. Florentine Mother and Child.
    • 243. The Marchioness of Tavistock.
  • Stark, Miss
    • 316. A Portrait.
  • Stillman, Mrs.
    • 190. A Crown of Wind Flowers.
    • 201. The Legend of Fair Women.
  • Story, Miss B.
    • 314. Red Roses.
  • Story, Miss M. S.
    • 233. Azaleas and Pink Roses.
  • Tennant, Miss Dorothy.
    • 23. The Siren.
  • Wortley, Mary Stuart.
    • 210. Perdita.
  • Wylie, Mrs. C.
    • 325. Roses.