Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1886
End Date: 1886
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: 57th annual exhibition. A total of 609 works were exhibited in 1883. Thirteen of these exhibits were related to sculpture - listed towards the end of the catalogue.
Return showing the attendance figures at the RHA exhibition of 1886, from 1906 Report of Enquiry, Appendix I, p. 88:
Days: 4,947;
Evening: 16,467;
Sunday: 763;
Season Ticket Holders: 510;
Total, excluding Season Ticket Holders: 22,182.
Display Arrangement: Exhibits were distributed between the Large Room, the Ante Room and the Inner Room.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Statue of Dr Dease
1886
Exhibition included Sketch Model Design of the late Lord O'Hagan
1886
Exhibition included The Message of Love
1886
Exhibition included Medallion of a Lady
Exhibition included St Michael
1886
Exhibition included Susannah
1886
Exhibition included Miss Mary Anderson
Exhibition included Head of an Italian Girl
1886
Exhibition included Portrait Bust of a Lady
1886
Exhibition included Portrait of a Gentleman
Two separate versions of Portrait of a Gentleman exhibited by Redmond in this 1886 RHA exhibition.
Exhibition included Portrait of a Gentleman
1886
Exhibition included Dr Cahill
1886
Exhibition included Genevieve
1886
Offered for sale The Message of Love
1886
£25
Offered for sale Head of an Italian Girl
1886
£25
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts of Painters, Sculptors, Architects and Engravers
1886
Participants
Exhibitors included Thomas Farrell
'Sketch Model Design of the late Lord O'Hagan'
Exhibitors included John Farrell
'Susannah'
Exhibitors included James Farrell
'Genevieve'
Exhibitors included James Cahill
'Dr Cahill'
Exhibitors included Mary Redmond
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Albert Bruce Joy
'Miss Mary Anderson'
Exhibitors included Pietro Ducie
Multiple works
Citing this record
'Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1886', 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_1204112889, accessed 29 Sep 2023]
