Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1885
End Date: 1885
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 56th annual exhibition. A total of 572 works were exhibited in 1883. Eighteen of these exhibits were related to sculpture - listed towards the end of the catalogue.
Return showing the attendance figures at the RHA exhibition of 1885, from 1906 Report of Enquiry, Appendix I, p. 88:
Days: 4,989;
Evening: 17,676;
Sunday: 1,350;
Season Ticket Holders: 532;
Total, excluding Season Ticket Holders: 24,015.
Display Arrangement: Exhibits were distributed between the Large Room, the Ante Room and the Inner Room.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Richard Lalor Sheil
1885
Exhibition included Robert Emmet
1885
Exhibition included Bust of Sir George Hodson
1885
Exhibition included Bust of the late A. M. Sullivan
1885
Exhibition included A Little Dunce
1885
Exhibition included Telemachus and Love
1885
Exhibition included Marble Bust of the Virgin
Exhibition included Model of the Virgin
Exhibition included The Emigrant
1885
Exhibition included The Favourite Doll
1885
Exhibition included Bust of John O'Leary, Esq.
1885
Exhibition included Penseroso
1885
Exhibition included Resting
1855
Exhibition included Study of a Negro's Head
1885
Exhibition included Bust of Arthur B. Leech
1885
Exhibition included Bust of a Lady
1885
Exhibition included Bust
1885
Exhibition included Medallion
Offered for sale A Little Dunce
1885
£70
Offered for sale Marble Bust of the Virgin
£52 10s.
Offered for sale The Emigrant
1885
£35
Offered for sale The Favourite Doll
1885
£5
Offered for sale Penseroso
1885
£10
Offered for sale Resting
1885
£5 5s.
Offered for sale Study of a Negro's Head
1885
£6 6s.
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1885
Participants
Exhibitors included Thomas Farrell
'Bust of Sir George Hodson'
Exhibitors included Mary Redmond
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Emily Addis Fawcett
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Joseph Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included James Farrell
Multiple works
Exhibitors included John Lawlor
Multiple works
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1885', 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_1204112740, accessed 31 Mar 2023]
