Works of Edith Maryon

Works

The following is a substantially incomplete list of the works of Edith Maryon.

Image	Title/Description	Date	Dimensions	Location	Comments
	Modelled head from life	1898			Displayed at the Camden School of Art, where it won a prize.[1] Maryon's brother Herbert Maryon also won a prize, for a wrought metal casket.[1]
	Panel for screen	1899			Displayed at the New Gallery for the 1899 Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society exhibition.[2]
	Modeled figure	1899			Displayed at the 1899 National Art Competition in South Kensington, where it won a bronze medal.[3]
	Religion	1900			Sketch model of a figure for a public building. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1900, with the catalogue quoting Ephesians 6:11, "Put on the whole armour of God."[4] Displayed at the Leeds City Art Gallery for the 1901 spring exhibition, priced at £15 15s (equivalent to £2,000 in 2023).[5]
	Model of a figure from the nude	1900			Displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the 1900 National Competition of Schools of Art and Art Classes, where it won a gold medal.[6]
	Plaster relief	1900			Displayed at the 1900 exhibition of the Royal College of Art's South Kensington Sketch Club, where Maryon (possibly for this piece) won an award offered by The Artist for an adaptation of the human figure to some applied art object.[7]
	A Sketch in Clay	1900			Displayed at the 1900 exhibition of the Royal College of Art's South Kensington Sketch Club, where it won an award for modelling offered by Édouard Lantéri.[8]
	May Morning	1901			Relief, portion of a fireplace. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1901, with the catalogue quoting William Wordsworth, "When youths and maids At peep of dawn would rise, And wander forth, in forest glades Thy birth to solemnize."[9][10][11]
	Portrait medallion	1901			Metal in relief. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1901.[12][10]
	Joan d'Arc	1901			Relief. Exhibited at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition.[13][14]
	Auf Weidersehn	1902			Displayed at the Leeds City Art Gallery for the 1902 spring exhibition, priced at £12 12s (equivalent to £1,600 in 2023).[15]
	Cupid and Psyche	1902			Clasp, silver enamel. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1902.[16][10]
	Francis, son of Sir Rennell and Lady Rodd	1902			Medallion. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1902.[17][10]
	Miss Mildred Maryon	1903			Bust. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903.[18][10] Pictured in Raab 1993, abb. 15.
	Mother and child	1903			Group. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903.[18][19][10]
	Rev. Canon Rawnsley	1903		Keswick Museum[20]	Bronze relief. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903.[18][10]
	"Listen!" Evelyn and Gloria, children of Sir Rennell and Lady Rodd	1903			Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903,[21][22] and again in 1904 under the name Evelyn and Gloria: children of Sir Rennell and Lady Rodd.[23][24][25][10] According to Raab, these are different works.[26]
	The Messenger of Death	1904			Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1904, with line "One shall be taken, the other left".[27][28][29][10]
	The Triumph of Peace	1904			Exhibited at the New Gallery in 1904.[30][31] According to Raab, the same work as Peace and War.[26]
	Miss Rose Gough, daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Denison	1904			Marble bust. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1904.[18][10]
	St. Michael	1904			Plaster statuette.[32]
	Peace and war	1905			Sketch model for a frieze. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1905.[33] According to Raab, the same work as The Triumph of Peace.[26]
	The Pixies' Ring	1906			Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1906.[34][35]
	A Poet of Umbria	1907			[36]
	Portrait of Bishop Alfred Tucker	1908 or earlier			[37][38]
	The Enchanted Garden	1908			Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1908.[39][40]
	A future Darwin	1908			Bust. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1908.[41]
	The Passing of Winter—Miss Maude Allan as Spring	1909			[42][43]
	The Dance of Anitra	February 1909	53 cm high; 19.5 x 16 cm wide (base)	Private collection	Bronze statuette. Depicts Maud Allan performing Anitra's dance from Act IV of Peer Gynt.[44][45] Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1909,[44][46][47][48] and at the Fortieth Autumn Exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in 1910, priced at £12 12s (equivalent to £1,600 in 2023).[49][50][51] Auctioned for £4,200 in 2025, attributed to a private collection in Wiltshire.[52]
	To the Witches' Revels	1909	37 cm high	Private collection	Patinated bronze, signed and dated in the cast. Exhibited at the Fortieth Autumn Exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in 1910, priced at £15 15s (equivalent to £2,000 in 2023).[49] Auctioned for £3,400 in 2015 (equivalent to £4,300 in 2023).[53][54][55][56]
	Psyche	1909	43 cm high	Private collection	Bronze statuette. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1910.[57] Auctioned by Christie's in 1993 with an estimate of £1,000–1,500, but was bought in.[58][59] Sold by Tennants in 2004.[60]
	Miss Ruth Franklin	1910			Statuette. Exhibited at the Fortieth Autumn Exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in 1910, priced at £10 10s (equivalent to £1,300 in 2023).[61]
	Meditation	1910	8 cm high	Private collection	Bronze. Exhibited at the Fortieth Autumn Exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in 1910, priced at 10s 10d (equivalent to £100 in 2023).[49] Sold by East Bristol Auctions in February 2019.[62][63] A version in gilt plaster purchased by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and displayed at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, but no longer part of the collection.[64]
	Priestess of Isis	1911			Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1911.[65][66]
	The Priest	1911			[67]
	Echo	1911	29.8 cm high; 33.7 cm wide (plinth)	Walker Art Gallery	Bronze statuette. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1911.[65] Purchased the following year by the Walker Art Gallery.[68]
	The seeker of Divine wisdom	1912			Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1912, with the catalogue including the line "The seeker kneels before Wisdom; behind him stand Religion, Knowledge, Purity, Change; on the left side Natural Law or Science, Love, Inspiration or Prayer; seated figures Contemplation or Research."[69][70]
	Fairy Luck	1915	7.5 cm high		Versions in bronze and gilt plaster.[49][71] Bronze version exhibited at the Fortieth Autumn Exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in 1910, priced at 10s 10d (equivalent to £100 in 2023), and sold during the exhibition.[49] Gilt-plaster version purchased by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and displayed at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, but no longer part of the collection.[72][64]
	In Memory of Theo Faiss	1921	71.5 cm (version 1) or 67 cm (version 2) high; 33.5 cm wide	Private collections	Relief in plaster and bronze. Two versions made.
	Nude relief		860mm high; 560mm wide; 35mm deep; 13.6 kg	destroyed	Possibly Model of a figure from the nude (1900). Sold on eBay on 11 October 2021 for £111; destroyed by Parcelforce.[73]
	Plaster casts of eurythmy figures			Private collection	[74]

References

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5. "Religion". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851–1951. University of Glasgow History of Art. 2011. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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41. Royal Academy of Arts 1908, p. 59.
42. Koch 1909, p. 91.
43. Koch 1912, p. 11.
44. Royal Academy of Arts 1909, p. 62.
45. Raab 1993, pp. 41 & n.15.
46. "Theatrical Gossip". The Era. Vol. 72, no. 3, 685. London. 8 May 1909. p. 16.
47. St. George (9 June 1909). "Sculpture, Silverware, Medals, Etc., Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London". The Jewelers' Circular. Vol. LVIII, no. 19. New York. p. 53.
48. Steiner 1990, p. 254.
49. Fortieth Autumn Exhibition Catalogue 1910, p. 121.
50. Bare 1911a, p. 231.
51. Bare 1911b, p. 231.
52. "Edith Maryon (1872–1924), A Bronze Figure of Maud Allan- Dance of Anitra, Dated 1909". Dreweatts. 11 September 2025. Archived from the original on 11 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
53. Koch 1909, p. 94.
54. Koch 1912, p. 14.
55. "Louisa Edith Maryon (1872–1924)". Woolley & Wallis. 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
56. Faxneld 2017, pp. 239, 241–242.
57. Royal Academy of Arts 1910, p. 60.
58. The Nineteenth Century: The Properties of the late Sir Basil Fraser, 2nd Baronet of Cromarty; Clare, Duchess of Sutherland; and from various sources. London: Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd. 1993. OCLC 171301145.
59. "Psyche, 1909, by Edith C. Maryon". ArtPrice. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
60. "E Maryon: A Bronze Figure of a Standing Nude Young Woman, 1909". The Salesroom. 24 November 2004. Archived from the original on 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
61. Fortieth Autumn Exhibition Catalogue 1910, p. 125.
62. "Rare Louisa Edith Church Maryon Bronze Figurine of an Infant". East Bristol Auctions. Archived from the original on 11 September 2025. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
63. "Rare Louisa Edith Church Maryon Bronze Figurine of an Infant". The Salesroom. 26 February 2019. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
64. Clay et al. 1999, p. 81.
65. Royal Academy of Arts 1911, p. 58.
66. Koch 1912, p. 70.
67. Koch 1912, p. 71.
68. "Echo". Art UK. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
69. Royal Academy of Arts 1912, p. 61.
70. Koch 1912, p. 115.
71. Yarrington 2005, p. 105.
72. Yarrington 2005, pp. 105 & n.42.
73. "Edith Maryon Large Decorative Bas Relief Plaster Sculpture of Nude Male". eBay. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
74. "GIPS". Mirum. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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