Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1875
End Date: 1875
Type: Annual Exhibition
Description: A total of 382 works were exhibited in 1875; of these, 13 objects were related to sculpture, including a group in marble, statuettes in marble, busts and portrait medallions.
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: These objects were listed separately under 'Sculpture' as the final entries in the catalogue and were not hung amongst the paintings, miniatures and drawings hung in the Large Room and Ante-Room.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1875
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1875', 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_1203423536, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
