PCS Timeline

• 1878-born 16 February in London
• 1879-(1) lived in Chislehurst, England
  • baby photograph taken in Paris, missing
• 1880-(2) lived in Chislehurst, England
• 1881-(3) lived in Chislehurst, England
• 1882-(4) lived in Manchester, England
• 1883--(5) lived in Manchester, England
• 1884--(6) lived in Manchester, England
• 1885--(7) lived in Manchester, England
• 1886--(8) lived in Manchester, England
• 1887-- (9) lived in Manchester, England
• 1888-(10) lived in Manchester, England
• 1889-(11) moved to Jamaica
• 1890-(12) lived in Jamaica
• 1891-(13) lived in Jamaica
• 1892-(14) lived in Jamaica
• 1893-(15) entered The Pratt Institute in Brooklyn NY
• 1894-(16) at Pratt; frequent absences due to illness
• 1895-(17) at Pratt; frequent absences due to illness
  • meets Ellen Terry & Edith Craig from Lyceum Company
• 1896-(18) at Pratt
  • mother dies
  • prolonged absence from Pratt & living in Jamaica with father
• 1897-(19) at Pratt; studying with AW Dow; leaves Pratt w/o graduating
  • first feature exhibition at William Macbeth's gallery along w Robert Henri (450 Fifth Avenue, basement); show reviewed in NY Times
  • in Jamaica
• 1898-(20) Pratt Institute Monthly noted that four of Pixie's watercolors from the above exhibition had been sold
  • in Jamaica with father
• 1899-(21) Golden Vanity/Green Bed; Widdicombe Fair; Annancy Stories, In Chimney Corners published
  • toured with Lyceum company in America
  • meets John Butler Yeats in summer
  • father dies in December
• 1900-(22) sailed with Ellen Terry from NY on 19 May for England with Lyceum Theatre group; moved in with ET in London
  • William Gillette souvenir booklet published
• 1901-(23) late, joined Golden Dawn, motto is Quod tibi id aliis (To yourself and to others; literally, What to himself, that to others)
  • Queen Victoria dies-Edward VII becomes king
• 1902-(24) has visions and makes art
• 1903-(25) has visions and makes art
  • worked with chanting project with WB Yeats
  • exhibition at John Baillie's gallery in London (Arts & Crafts specialty shop)
  • Green Sheaf begins
• 1904-(26) not many visions;
  • follows Waite to the Independent and Rectified Rite of the Golden Dawn (or Holy Order of the Golden Dawn)
  • designed set for WB Yeats' play Where There is Nothing with Edith Craig for the Stage Society
• 1905-(27) Chim-Chim published;
  • Henry Irving dies on October 13
  • 291 gallery opens on November 25 in NYC (The Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession, 291 Fifth Avenue)
• 1906-(28) portrait painted by Alphaeus Cole
• 1907-(29) One woman show at 291;
  • meets Florence Farr in February in NY
  • Arthur Ransome describes PCS' flat in London in Bohemia in London
• 1908-(30) part of a 3-person exhibit at 291
• 1909-(31) December, RWS Tarot published along with Key to the Tarot (no illustrations)
  • third exhibition at 291, solo (actually now 293 Fifth Avenue, and, The Little Gallery, singular)
  • joined Suffrage Atelier in London
  • devoted considerable time studying for her subsequent conversion to Catholicism
• 1910-(32) Edward VII dies, George V king
  • January 1910 issue of Occult Review has an article by Waite on Tarot with line drawings by PCS (issue probably came out in late November or early December of 1909)
• 1911-(33) converted to Catholicism;
  • Lair of the White Worm published
  • The Pioneer Players (with Edith Craig) founded
  • Pictorial Key to the Tarot published (line art from deck is now included)
• 1912-(34) Bram Stoker dies on April 20
  • exhibit in NY sponsored by Berlin Photographic Company
• 1913-(35) Russian Ballet published
  • Lily Yeats stays with Pixie in London
  • December, Rite of Spring ballet premiered by Russian Ballet-scandal! In Paris;
• 1914-(36) Book of Friendly Giants published
  • late summer WW1 begins
• 1915-(37) designs program cover for Lady Randolph Churchill's charity performance by Pioneer Players Evreinov's play The Theatre of the Soul
• 1916-(38) Easter Rising in Dublin April 24
• 1917-(39)
• 1918-(40) November 11 WW1 ends;
  • gets legacy from uncle and moves to Parc Garland, The Lizard; 6 February
  • women over 30 can vote in England
• 1919-(41)
• 1920-(42) Pioneer Players in abeyance until 1925
• Many years
• 1928-(50) Ellen Terry dies on July 21
  • women 21 and over now can vote in England
• Many years
• 1936-(58) George V dies, Edward VIII King, abdicates in December for Wallis Simpson
• 1937-(59) George VI King
• 1939-(61) September WW2 begins
• 1940-(62) July Battle of Britain
  • September London Blitz begins
• 1941-(63) last of major London bombings
• 1942-(64) AE Waite dies on May 19
  • moves to Bude, Cornwall
• 1943-(65) late summer Italy surrenders in WW2
• 1944-(66) last ditch bombing of London by Germany
• 1945-(67) May 7 Germany surrenders in WW2
  • August 14 Japan surrenders;
• 1946-(68)
• 1947-(69) Edith Craig dies on March 27
• 1951-(73) dies 18 September in Bude, England
  
  
  
  

 

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