Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1884
End Date: 1884
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 55th annual exhibition. A total of 641 works were exhibited. Fourteen of these exhibits were related to sculpture - listed towards the end of the catalogue.
Return showing the attendance figures at the RHA exhibition of 1884, from 1906 Report of Enquiry, Appendix I, p. 88:
Days: 6,501;
Evening: 20,937;
Sunday: 2,140*;
Season Ticket Holders: 764;
Total, excl. Season Ticket Holders: 29,578.
* Sunday visitors allowed entry for the first time in 1884.
Display Arrangement: Exhibits were distributed between the Large Room, the Ante Room and the Inner Room.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Narcissus
1884
Exhibition included Goodnight, Beloved
1884
Exhibition included Sketch, Model Design for the Marble statue of Sheil to be erected in Dublin
1884
Exhibition included Cimabue
1884
Exhibition included Twilight
1884
Exhibition included Morning Star
Exhibition included Hermione
1884
Exhibition included John Philpot Curran
1884
Exhibition included Two Faces under a Hood
1884
Exhibition included Bust of E. Lloyd, Esq.
1884
Exhibition included Bust of H. Petitt, Esq.
1884
Exhibition included Bust of P. Merritt, Esq.
1884
Exhibition included Bust of a Lady
1884
Exhibition included Portrait of Lord R. Gower
1884
Offered for sale Cimabue
1884
£25
Offered for sale Twilight
1884
£5
Offered for sale Morning Star
£5
Offered for sale Two Faces under a Hood
1884
£5
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1884
Participants
Exhibitors included John Lawlor
'Bust of P. Merritt, Esq.'
Exhibitors included W. Barron Hayes
'Portrait of Lord R. Gower'
Exhibitors included Mary Redmond
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Thomas Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included James Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Joseph Farrell
'John Philpot Curran'
Exhibitors included John Farrell
'Hermione'
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1884', 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_1204112659, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
