| Activity | Entomological artist. First recorded work was a portrait medallion exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1902. Exhibited 5 other portrait medallions there in 1903-06, and a bronze portrait bust in Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery) in 1907. The same bust (or another of the same sitter) was exhibited at the RA in 1908. Probably worked for the Museum from about 1903. West (Exhibition Section 1950) said her work was still highly thought of but her charges were considered high.
Born 26 January 1874 in Enderby, Leicestershire.
In the 1881 census, Grace is a 7 year old scholar living at The Vicarage, Enderby, Leicestershire. Her father, George was Vicar of Enderby and 39 years old. Mother Emily was also 39. Grace's siblings were Emily H, 11; Annie C, 10; Mabel, 5; Edith M, 3; and Ethel F, 3. A vicar 'without care of souls', Henry Fuller, was visiting. The household had a cook, general servant, housemaid and governess living with them.
In the 1891 census, Grace is a 17 year old scholar living at 'Newhurst', Stoneygate Road, Knighton, Leicestershire. Head of the household was now her mother, Emley E Edwards, a 49 year old widow living by her own means. The household had a cook, housemaid and general servant. The family was large. Grace had 8 siblings. Oldest sisters Emley H and Annie C were 21 in 1891 and working as a School of Art teacher and a Cookery School teacher. Brother George T Edwards, 18 in 1876, was a '[?] Surgeon (pupil)'. Mable, 15; Edith and Edith [a mistake] were 13; Margaret L, 9; Alfred H, 7 and all are listed as scholars.
In the 1901 census, Grace is described as being a boarder and art student at 10 Clyde Street, South Kensington.
She writes from 151 Camberwell Road, London, England, United Kingdom in 1903
In the 1911 census, Grace is 37 and living in Liverpool at 27 Leopold Road, Blundellsands. She is listed as an entomological artist and lives with sisters Edith Mary, a deaconess; Ethel Frances, an art teacher, 33; and Margaret Lilian, a daily governess, 29. They have 1 servant.
In the 1939 England and Wales register, Grace is living with sister Ethel F at 133 Cheyne Walk, together with a married couple, Mr and Mrs Paul and Charlotte Bondy. Grace's occupation is listed as Artist (Natural History Museum) and Ethel's as Artist (Arts and Crafts)
Grace dies 25 October 1965 at Thickets, Ralphs Ride, Bracknell, Berkshire aged 91.
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