Edward S. Harper

Edward Samuel Harper
Self-portrait, c. 1902
Born1854
Handsworth, Staffordshire, England
Died(1941-02-07)7 February 1941
Harborne, Birmingham, England
NationalityBritish
Occupations

Edward Samuel Harper (1854 – 7 February 1941) was the President of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists from 1935 to 1938. He was known as a jeweller and taught drawing and painting at Birmingham School of Art for a period of 40 years.[1]

Harper was born in Handsworth (then in Staffordshire) and died in Harborne.[1] On 12 March 1881 he was elected an associate member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Edward Samuel Harper". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951. University of Glasgow. 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  2. ^ Birmingham Daily Post, 21 March 1881, p. 5.


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