12 Facts About Jessie Lipscomb

Jessie Lipscomb, later Jessie Elborne, was an English sculptor of the human figure.

Jessie Lipscomb worked in Paris in a shared studio workshop in the late 1800s with French sculptor Camille Claudel and two fellow alumni from the Royal College of Art: Amy Singer and Emily Fawcett.

Jessie Lipscomb was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England in 1861, the only child of Sidney Lipscomb, a colliery agent and Harriet Arnold, a barmaid.

Jessie Lipscomb attended the Royal College of Art which was at that time called the National Art Training School in South Kensington.

Jessie Lipscomb won two prizes from the school: the Queen's Prize in 1882 and a national silver medal in 1883.

In January 1884, Claudel's mother Louise wrote to Jessie Lipscomb and confirmed the arrangement that she was welcome to lodge with the Claudel family for 200 francs a month.

Letters from Rodin, addressed to Jessie Lipscomb, indicate that Rodin was pursuing Claudel during this time, despite the fact that he had a common law wife.

However, Jessie Lipscomb visited Claudel in 1929, where Claudel was confined in the Montdevergues Asylum.

The photograph taken during this visit by Jessie Lipscomb's husband is considered to be one of the last known images of Claudel.

From 1885 - 1887 Jessie Lipscomb exhibited her artwork annually in exhibitions at both the Royal Academy of Arts and Nottingham Castle Museum.

Jessie Lipscomb exhibited a terra-cotta piece entitled Sans Souci, a plaster portrait of Camille Claudel, and a bust of the Italian model Giganti in 1887.

Jessie Lipscomb married William Elborne on 26 December 1887 and they settled in Manchester.