Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1881
End Date: 1881
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 52nd annual exhibition. A total of 711 works were exhibited in 1881, of which 12 were sculptural works.
Return showing the attendance figures at the RHA exhibition of 1881, from 1906 Report of Enquiry, Appendix I, p. 88:
Days: 5,619;
Evening: 27,259;
Season Ticket Holders: 610;
Total, excluding Season Ticket Holders: 32,878.
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: 164 oil paintings were displayed in the Large Room; 210 works were displayed in the Ante Room, mainly paintings and miniatures; 315 works were displayed in the Inner Room, including a large number of architectural designs.
Exhibits
Exhibition included J. Stone, Esq.,
1881
Exhibition included Sir Jamsetjee Jeebehoy
1881
Exhibition included Mischief
Exhibition included Mutual Friends
Exhibition included Marble Bust of the late Dr Smith
Exhibition included W. Spottiswoode, Esq.
1881
Exhibition included Umitilia
1881
Exhibition included Female with Fruit and Flowers
1881
Exhibition included Sculpture
1881
Exhibition included The late Sir John Grey
1881
Exhibition included Sketch Model of Bust of the late Cardinal Cullen
1881
Exhibition included Playfellows
Exhibition included The late Sir R. Griffith
1881
Exhibition included The late John Gunn, Esq.
1881
Exhibition included The Genius of the Wood
1881
Exhibition included Joy
1881
Exhibition included Sorrow (Marble)
1881
Exhibition included Learn of Me
1881
Exhibition included Virgo Fideles
1881
Exhibition included Mater Salvatoris
Exhibition included Specimens of Medal Die Engraving
1881
£60
Exhibition included Medallion of a Young Lady
Exhibition included Dr. Hayden
Offered for sale Mutual Friends
£5 5s.
Offered for sale Mischief
£5 5s.
Offered for sale Joy
1881
£42
Offered for sale Sorrow (Marble)
1881
£42
Offered for sale Learn of Me
1881
£95
Offered for sale Virgo Fideles
1881
£95
Offered for sale Mater Salvatoris
£60
Offered for sale Playfellows
£70
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1881
Participants
Exhibitors included John Woodhouse
'Specimens of Medal Die Engraving'
Exhibitors included Joseph Farrell
'Mater Salvatoris'
Exhibitors included Eli Johnson
'Mutual Friends'
Exhibitors included Mary Redmond
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Albert Bruce Joy
Multiple works
Exhibitors included James Farrell
'Sorrow (Marble)'
Exhibitors included Thomas Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Richard Barrington Boyle
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Sophia Beale
Multiple works
Exhibitors included James Cahill
Multiple works
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1881', 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_1204020399, accessed 24 Mar 2023]
