Exhibition of Modern Works of Art, at the Rooms of the Society, Temple Row (Birmingham Society of Artists), 1855
End Date: 1855
Type: Annual Exhibition
Description: Exhibition held in five rooms. The exhibition contained 472 works.
Policy: The Notice to Exhibitors page stated: 'no Works which have been publicly exhibited in Birmingham, no copies (except Paintings in enamel, Miniature, and Impressions from unpublished medals in which case the name of the designer must be specified), no vignette Portraits, nor any Drawings without back grounds (except architectural designs) can be received.'
Display Arrangement: Sculpture exhibited with pictures in Room Five.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Bust of the late John Rhodes, Esq.
Catalogue number 470
Exhibition included Group of Boys - Comedy
Exhibition included The Good Race - Parian Group
£8 8s.
Offered for sale The Good Race - Parian Group
£8 8s.
Participants
Exhibitors included William Beattie
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Peter Hollins
'Bust of the late John Rhodes, Esq.'
Citing this record
'Exhibition of Modern Works of Art, at the Rooms of the Society, Temple Row (Birmingham Society of Artists), 1855', 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=msib4_1202216431, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
