Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860
End Date: 1860
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 32nd annual exhibition. 528 works were 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: 380 paintings and drawings were distributed between the Large Room and the Ante Room. The remaining works, including paintings, drawings and sculpture all featured in the Sculpture Gallery.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Madonna, Statue in Marble
1860
Exhibition included Marble Bust of General Sir George Brown, KBC, Commander of the Forces in Ireland
Exhibition included Marble Bust of the late Daniel Corbett, Esq.
Exhibited posthumously
Exhibition included Sketch Model, Design for a Statue of General Sir Lowry Cole
1860
Exhibition included Alto-Relievo, for the Decoration of the Wellington Testimonial in the Phoenix Park
1860
Exhibition included Hylas
1860
Exhibition included Goldsmith
1860
Exhibition included Sleeping Youth
1860
Exhibition included Marble Group of St John and the Virgin at the Crucifixion
Exhibition included The Swimmer
1860
Exhibition included Cassandra
1860
Exhibition included Bust of the late T. White, Esq.
Exhibition included Bust of the late Mortimer O'Sullivan, DD
1860
Exhibition included Bust of a Gentleman
1860
Exhibition included Sunshine
1860
Exhibition included The Playmates
Exhibition included Showers
1860
Exhibition included Madonna, Statue in Marble
Exhibition included Marble Bust of Edward Tickwell Esq.
Exhibition included Frame of Medals
1860
Exhibition included Case of Sculptural Cameos
1860
Exhibition included Sketch, in Watercolours, of the basso-relievo of the Siege of Seringapatam
1860
Offered for sale Madonna, Statue in Marble
1860
£35
Offered for sale Hylas
1860
£1 1s.
Offered for sale Goldsmith
1860
£2 2s.
Offered for sale Sleeping Youth
1860
£52 10s.
Offered for sale Marble Group of St John and the Virgin at the Crucifixion
£220
Offered for sale The Swimmer
1860
£5 5s.
Offered for sale Cassandra
1860
£30
Offered for sale Bust of the late T. White, Esq.
£30
Offered for sale Sunshine
£1 11s. 6d.
plaster version
Offered for sale Sunshine
£31 10s.
marble version
Offered for sale The Playmates
£84
marble version
Offered for sale The Playmates
£3 3s.
plaster version
Offered for sale Showers
£31 10s.
marble version
Offered for sale Showers
£1 11s.
plaster version
Offered for sale Madonna, Statue in Marble
£36 15s. 10d.
Marble version only available
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1860
Participants
Exhibitors included Joseph Robinson Kirk
'Sketch, in Watercolours, of the basso-relievo of the Siege of Seringapatam'
Exhibitors included G. de Giovanni
'Case of Sculptural Cameos'
Exhibitors included John Woodhouse
'Frame of Medals'
Exhibitors included T. E. Jones
'Marble Bust of Edward Tickwell Esq.'
Exhibitors included Terence Farrell
'Madonna, Statue in Marble'
Exhibitors included George Frederick Halse
Multiple works
Exhibitors included John Farrell
'Sleeping Youth '
Exhibitors included William Farrell
'Hylas'
Exhibitors included Thomas Farrell
'Alto-Relievo, for the Decoration of the Wellington Testimonial in the Phoenix Park'
Exhibitors included John Hogan
Multiple works
Exhibitors included James Farrell
Multiple works
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1860', 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_1203422248, accessed 23 Sep 2023]
