Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1856
End Date: 1856
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 29th annual exhibition. More than 400 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: In the Large Room 186 paintings in oils were displayed; a similar number of works in watercolours and miniatures were featured in the Ante-Room; thirteen works on paper, including architectural and sculptural designs were featured in the Vestibule to the
Exhibits
Exhibition included Design for a Monument to the late Lieutenant Kidd, RN
1856
Exhibition included Design for a Monument in Bronze, to the Memory of the late Lord Fitzgibbon
1856
Exhibition included The Infant Saviour, and John the Baptist, executing in Marble
1856
Exhibition included Tragedy
1856
£2 10s.
Exhibition included Working Model of Monument now executing in Marble, to the Memory of the late Captain Crozier, RN
1856
Exhibition included Five Figures executed in Caen Stone, for Ballinamore Chapel
1856
Exhibition included Comedy
1856
£2 10s.
For Sale
Exhibition included Bust (from the Marble) of the late Right Honourable Lady Langford
1856
Exhibition included Bust (from the Marble) of the late Arthur Guinness
1856
Exhibition included Bust of a Lady
1856
Exhibition included Christ and Mary, ('tell me where they have laid Him')
1856
£3 3s.
For Sale
Exhibition included Statue of Sappho
1856
Exhibition included The Guardian Angel
1856
£3 10s.
For sale
Exhibition included The Young Musician
£10
for sale
Exhibition included Bust of the Late Thomas Farrell
1856
Exhibition included Bust of Dr Fulton
1856
Exhibition included Marble Statue of Cassandra
Exhibition included The Madonna, for the Stone Cross at Phibsborough
1856
Exhibition included La Siesta
1856
Exhibition included The Sleeping Child
£1 1s.
Exhibition included Family Group
1856
Exhibition included Child and Butterfly
1856
£1
For Sale
Exhibition included The Annunciation
1856
Exhibition included Boy and Dolphin
1856
£4
For Sale
Exhibition included Carving in wood - A Snipe
1856
Offered for sale Marble Statue of Cassandra
£20
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1856
Participants
Exhibitors included John Farrell
'La Siesta'
Exhibitors included Eliza Kirk
'The Sleeping Child'
Exhibitors included Fulton
Multiple works
Exhibitors included James Farrell
'The Annunciation'
Exhibitors included William Boyton Kirk
'Boy and Dolphin'
Exhibitors included John Clarke
'Carving in wood - A Snipe'
Exhibitors included James Cahill
'The Madonna, for the Stone Cross at Phibsborough'
Exhibitors included Joseph Robinson Kirk
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Thomas Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Francis Burnett
Multiple works
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1856', 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_1202827041, accessed 29 May 2023]
