Edgar Allan Howes

1888 - Abt 1969  (81 years)

• Name	Edgar Allan Howes  [1, 2]
  		Reverend Frederick William Golden Howes Family Richmond Surrey
  Birth	Abt 1887	East Dereham, Norfolk   [3, 4]
  Birth	11 Jan 1887  [2]
  Birth	10 Jan 1888  [5]
  Born	11 Jan 1888	East Dereham, Norfolk   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt Feb 1888	Mitford RD, Norfolk   [7]
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	9 High Street, East Dereham, Norfolk   [3]
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	29 Norwich Road, East Dereham, Norfolk   [8]
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [4]
  	Art Student - sculptor
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	4 Clarence Road, Kew Gardens, London   [4]
  Residence	9 Sep 1925	28 St Mary's Grove, Richmond, Surrey   [9]
  Occupation	29 Sep 1939  [5]
  	Sculptor
  Residence	29 Sep 1939	69 Sheen Park, Richmond, Surrey   [5]
  Died	Abt Nov 1969	Cambridge RD, Cambridgeshire   [2]
  Death	11 Dec 1969  [6]
  Death	11 Dec 1969	Cambridge RD, Cambridgeshire
  Honour	Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors  [6]
  Name	Alan Edgar Howes  [6]
  Name	Alan Howes  [6]
  Name	Allan Howes  [10]
  Name	E Howes  [9]
  Name	Edgar A Howes  [5, 10]
  Name	Edgar Alan Howes  [4]
  Residence	19 St Peter's Square, Chiswick, London
  	Dates not known but, thanks to correspondent Kate McRae, recent sales partculars of the house disclose that he lived there during the 20th century
  Notes	From sculpture.gla.ac.uk: Howes studied at the Royal Academy Schools, where he won the Landseer scholarship, and then at the Slade School of Art. From the early 1920s Howes exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and in smaller group shows in London galleries. A bronze group of a 'Madonna of the Lily' was purchased from the Royal Academy in 1926 by the Queen. Howes is credited with making a relief of a mother with two children for the facade of the Bermondsey Health Centre in 1937 (Grange Road, London SE1). In the early 1940s Howes created a sculptured glass memorial window in memory of Herman and Marguerite Kleinwort for their seven daughters, it was installed at St Peter's, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent (installed c.1942-44) From RichmondHistory.org.uk For public authorities works of art can be embarrassing gifts. Too often they attract graffiti and derision rather than admiration. None more so than Richmond’s notorious ‘Bulbous Betty’. This statue by Alan Howes now presides over the calm waters of a pool at the top of the Terrace Gardens, eliciting little more then polite puzzlement among passing pedestrians – neatly caught in this painting by Ron Berryman. She seems wonderfully oblivious of the extraordinary furore she provoked on her arrival there in 1952. The setting is appropriate, as her true title is ‘Aphrodite’, echoing perhaps Botticelli’s painting of her birth off the coast of Cyprus. The style, however, is that of the modernist idiom of the 1950s, and it excited outrage among some of the councillors and even more of the citizens of Richmond. Controversy raged in the letters columns of the Richmond and Twickenham Times, ‘Bulbous Betty’ being only one of a number of derisory nicknames suggested in a heated correspondence that the editor brought to a close after no fewer than 84 letters. She was described as being an insult to human form, and schoolchildren were forbidden to look at her. One letter declared the ‘the sculpture is as disturbing to gentlemen, as Father Thames is to maidens’. Ron Berryman’s article, ‘The Disgracing of Aphrodite’, wittily describes how she survived what eventually became a matter for national debate. Also a brief bio in Artists' Biography at issuu.com and a full description of "Bulbous Betty" at http://www.brentforddockresidents.co.uk/sculptures/aphrodite.php Note too that several of Edgar's works (mainly photos of his scupltures) are available online at museums.vam.ac.uk, under the name Allan Edgar Howes.
  Person ID	I7032	ONS
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Robert William Howes,   b. Abt May 1855, Cley next the Sea, Norfolk ,   d. Abt Nov 1921, Richmond RD, Surrey  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Emily Howlett,   b. 23 Jun 1859, North Walsham, Norfolk ,   d. Abt Nov 1942, Outer Norwich RD, Norfolk  (Age 83 years)
  Married	Abt May 1881	Hackney RD, London
  Married	4 Jun 1881	St Peter, Hackney, London   [11]
  	Witness Role: Witness Name: James Kistruck
  Family ID	F7298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amy Seymour Soole,   b. 25 Oct 1886, Richmond RD, Surrey ,   d. Abt Feb 1967, Newmarket RD, Cambridgeshire  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Abt May 1925	Richmond RD, Surrey   [10]
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F25096	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1887 - East Dereham, Norfolk Born - 11 Jan 1888 - East Dereham, Norfolk Birth - Abt Feb 1888 - Mitford RD, Norfolk Residence - 5 Apr 1891 - 9 High Street, East Dereham, Norfolk Residence - 31 Mar 1901 - 29 Norwich Road, East Dereham, Norfolk Residence - 2 Apr 1911 - 4 Clarence Road, Kew Gardens, London Married - Abt May 1925 - Richmond RD, Surrey Died - Abt Nov 1969 - Cambridge RD, Cambridgeshire Death - 11 Dec 1969 - Cambridge RD, Cambridgeshire  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents » Slide Show		The Howes of 4 Clarence Road, Kew A household captured in the 1911 census reveals Kate McRae’s hidden family
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• Sources

  [S476] BMD register (England & Wales) - births - multiple sources. [S480] BMD register (England & Wales) - deaths - multiple sources. [S5] 1891 Census - England & Wales. [S156] 1911 Census - England & Wales. [S1956] 1939 Register, findmypast.com, ancestry.com. [S1582] Mapping of Sculpture, (sculpture.gla.ac.uk). [S35] Freebmd. [S6] 1901 Census - England & Wales. [S1626] Migration record - mother. [S475] BMD register (England & Wales) - marriages - multiple sources. [S64] Parish Register - marriages.