Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1868
End Date: 1868
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 39th annual exhibition.
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: Sculpture and architectural drawings hung together in the Sculpture Room, paintings hung in the Main Room and Ante Room.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Head of an Italian Peasant
1868
Exhibition included Medallion of the Hon. Mrs Wood
Exhibition included Medallion of the late Alderman Atkinson
Exhibition included Bust of a Gentleman, from life
1868
Exhibition included Young Boy
1868
Exhibition included Try Urchin
1868
Exhibition included Mrs Scott-Siddons
Exhibition included Sir George Hodson, Bart
1868
Exhibition included Master Harry Wood (Posthumous)
Exhibition included Dr Livingstone, the African Explorer and Missionary
1868
Exhibition included Master Gerald Plunket (Posthumous)
Exhibition included Lady Hodson
1868
Exhibition included The late McGough Bond, Esq., Armagh
1868
Exhibition included Bust of a Lady
1868
Exhibition included The Rev. W. R. Bailey, DD, Rector of Monaghoe
1868
Exhibition included Master Butler
Exhibition included Sir Roderick A. Marchison, Bart, President of the Royal Geographical Society
1868
Exhibition included Master Walter Hodson
Exhibition included The Late Mr Mansell
1868
Exhibition included The late Mrs Jellett
1868
Exhibition included Model of an Ornamental Bracket
Exhibition included Marble Bust of the late Dr Mackesey
Exhibition included Alderman Reynolds, MP
1868
Exhibition included Poetess Reposing after her Triumph
1868
Exhibition included Marble Bust of the Right Hon. The Viscount Southwell
Exhibition included His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales
1868
Exhibition included Marble bust of a Child
Exhibition included Miss Catterson Smith
Exhibition included William Smith O'Brien
1868
Exhibition included The Star of Hope
1868
Exhibition included Bust of a Gentleman
1868
Exhibition included The Little Pet - Group in Marble
1868
Exhibition included Bust of a lady
1868
Exhibition included Bust of his Grace, the Lord Archbishop of Dublin
1868
Exhibition included St Agnes, martyred under Diocletian
1868
Exhibition included Virginia
1868
Exhibition included Bust of George H. Porter, Esq., President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
1868
Exhibition included Model for an Ornamental Bracket
Exhibition included Magdaline
Exhibition included The late Rector Marshall of Parsonstown
1868
Exhibition included John Wardell, Esq.
1868
Exhibition included Bust of a Gentleman
1868
Exhibition included Bust of a Gentleman
1868
Exhibition included The late Miss West
1868
Exhibition included Bust in Plaster
1868
Exhibition included The Rev. J. G. Porter, Rector of Kilseery
1868
Exhibition included Robert Sullivan, Esq., LLD
1868
Exhibition included Bust
1868
Exhibition included Miss Smyth
Exhibition included Robert Napier, of Shandon
1868
Exhibition included Mrs Burns Shand
Exhibition included The late Alderman Roe
1868
Exhibition included Robert Smyth, Esq.
1868
Exhibition included Fern Fay
1868
Exhibition included Model in Wax, of the Proposed Medal of the Royal Dublin Society
Exhibition included Specimens of Medal, Die and Seal Engraving
1868
Exhibition included Group of Shorthorns
1868
Exhibition included Bust of a Gentleman, from life
1868
Exhibition included Medallion Marble of the Viscountess Powerscourt
Exhibition included The Three Graces
1868
Exhibition included Bust of a Lady
Offered for sale Young Boy
1868
£38
Offered for sale Try Urchin
1868
10s.
Offered for sale Model of an Ornamental Bracket
£1
Offered for sale St Agnes, martyred under Diocletian
1868
£30
Offered for sale Virginia
1868
£20
Offered for sale Model for an Ornamental Bracket
£1
Offered for sale Fern Fay
1868
10s.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1868
Participants
Exhibitors included Joseph Watkins
'The Rev. J. G. Porter, Rector of Kilseery'
Exhibitors included John Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Thomas Farrell
'Bust of a Gentleman'
Exhibitors included Thomas Stewart Kirk
Multiple works
Exhibitors included S.G. Harwood
'Magdaline'
Exhibitors included Mary S.L. White
Multiple works
Exhibitors included William Farrell
'Virginia'
Exhibitors included James Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Joseph Robinson Kirk
'Medallion Marble of the Viscountess Powerscourt'
Exhibitors included William Millard
'Bust of a Gentleman, from life'
Exhibitors included John Woodhouse
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Amelia Robertson Hill
Multiple works
Exhibitors included David Watson Stevenson
Multiple works
Exhibitors included James Cahill
Multiple works
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1868', 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_1203422945, accessed 21 Sep 2023]
