Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1873

End Date: 1873

Type: Annual exhibition

Description: 44th annual exhibition. A total of 379 works exhibited, including 21 objects under the title 'Sculpture'. The works were displayed between the Large Room, the Ante-Room and sculptural objects merely listed under 'Sculpture'.

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: 44th annual exhibition. A total of 379 works exhibited, including 21 objects under the title 'Sculpture'.

Base/Support Type: Sculpture was displayed between the Large Room and the Ante-Room.

Citing this record

'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1873', 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_1203423326, accessed 22 Mar 2023]