Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1852
End Date: 1852
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 26th annual exhibition. Total of 395 works exhibited.
Policy: 'Before the year 1805, Exhibitions in annual succession were unknown in Ireland. The Professors of the Fine Arts had no permanent bond to unite them, nor place for the Exhibition of their works'. This changed in 1824, when George IV granted a royal charter to the Royal Hibernian Academy and one of its members, Francis Johnston, Esq., provided the Professors with an Academy House and suitable Galleries for exhibition.
A gallery for the reception of Antique Statues and Modern Works of Sculpture was supplied in 1830, by the erection of a new building on land adjoining the existing academy, funded by Mrs Johnston, widow of the late President, Francis Johnston above (p. 3).
Display Arrangement: Over 170 paintings in oils in the Great Room. Another 170 or so paintings in watercolours and miniatures displayed in the Ante-Room and above the jambs of the doors. More than 50 pieces of sculpture and architectural drawings exhibited under the heading 'The Antique Academy'.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Portrait of a Young Lady
Exhibition included The Birds' Nester
Exhibition included Floriated Ornamental Cross
1852
Exhibition included Design for the proposed Presbyterian College, Belfast
Exhibition included Bust of A. L. Guinness, Esq.
1852
Exhibition included Marble Bust of the Rev. Dr Todd, SFTCD
Exhibition included The Visit to the Tomb
Exhibition included Half-size Bust of the late Archbishop Murray
Exhibition included Bust of George Sharp, Esq., ARHA
1852
Exhibition included Bust of Captain Robert Williams
Exhibition included The Lost One
Exhibition included Bust of the Rev. Dr Gartland, First R.C. Bishop of Savannagh, Georgia, United States
1852
Exhibition included Bust of William Mulready, Esq.
1852
Exhibition included Model Statue of the late Sir M. O. Loghlin, Bart.
Exhibition included Bust of the Earl of Clarendon, late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1852
Exhibition included Bust of William Henn, Esq., QC, and one of the Masters in H.M. Court of Chancery Ireland
1852
Exhibition included The Tired Hunter
Exhibition included The First Born
Exhibition included Basso Relievo Head, of the late Bernard Mullins, Esq., part of a Monument lately executed in Marble, and erected in Dublin
1852
Exhibition included Sketch Model for a Statue of Moses
Exhibition included Basso Relievo Head, of the late Mrs Mullins, part of a Monument, lately executed in Marble, and erected in Dublin
1852
Exhibition included Statuette - Ariadne deploring the departure of Theseus
Exhibition included Marble Bust of the late Mrs Francis Johnston
Exhibited after the sculptor's death
Exhibition included Marble Bust of the late Francis Johnston, Esq., PRHA
Exhibited after the sculptor's death.
Exhibition included Bust of Edward Jones, Esq.
1852
Exhibition included Bust of a Child
1852
Exhibition included Design for a National Gallery
1852
Exhibition included The Dead Mother
Exhibition included The Presbyterian College, Belfast
Exhibition included Perspective View showing recent alterations to Messrs Findlater, Mackie & Co's Warehouse
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1852
Participants
Exhibitors included Joseph Robinson Kirk
Multiple works
Exhibitors included James Farrell
'The Tired Hunter'
Exhibitors included Christopher Moore
'Bust of William Henn, Esq., QC, and one of the Masters in H.M. Court of Chancery Ireland'
Exhibitors included James Cahill
'A Group representing a Nun of the Presentation Order, instructing a Poor Orphan, being a portion of a Monument in the Gothic style, executed in Marble, for the Presentation Convent, Wexford'
Exhibitors included William Foy
Multiple works
Exhibitors included John Edward Jones
Multiple works
Exhibitors included W. A. Robinson
'The Birds' Nester'
Exhibitors included Charles Geoghegan
'Floriated Ornamental Cross'
Exhibitors included John J. Lyons
'Design for a Villa'
Exhibitors included E.P. Gribbon
Multiple works
Exhibitors included John Lawlor
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Thomas Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Francis McDonnell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included William Wills
Multiple works
Exhibitors included William Burnett
1852
cat. no. 358
Exhibitors included Thomas Kirk
1835
cat. nos 385, 387
Exhibitors included George Papworth
1835
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1852', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib3_1202295797, accessed 29 May 2023]
