Exhibition of Modern Works of Art, at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Birmingham Society of Artists), 1860
End Date: 1860
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: Premises enlarged in 1868 providing six galleries in total. The exhibition contained 610 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have been publicly exhibited in Birmingham, no copies (except Paintings in enamel, Miniature, and Impressions from unpublished medals in which case the name of the designer must be specified), no vignette Portraits, nor any Drawings without back grounds (except architectural designs)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: Exhibition held in six rooms. Sculpture exhibited with pictures in Front Room West.
Exhibits
Exhibition included John Hinks, Esq.
Exhibition included The Frogs asking for a King
Exhibition included Ducks and Swan
Exhibition included Spanish Fowl
Exhibition included Achilles and Lycaon
Catalogue number 223
Exhibition included James Horsfall, Esq.
Exhibition included Winter
Exhibition included Colossal Bust of H.R.H. the Prince Consort
Catalogue number 226
Exhibition included Summer
Exhibition included John Phillip Esq., RA
Exhibition included David and Goliath
Exhibition included The Shower
Exhibition included Nora Creina
Exhibition included Bust of a Lady
Offered for sale The Frogs asking for a King
£8
Offered for sale Ducks and Swan
£10
Offered for sale Spanish Fowl
£8
Offered for sale The Shower
£21
Participants
Exhibitors included John Thomas
'Colossal Bust of H.R.H. the Prince Consort'
Exhibitors included Peter Hollins
Multiple works
Exhibitors included George Slater Barkentin
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Louis Théophile Hingre
Multiple works
Exhibitors included George Frederick Halse
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Thomas Fiddian Junior
Multiple works
Citing this record
'Exhibition of Modern Works of Art, at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Birmingham Society of Artists), 1860', 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_1202230161, accessed 06 Feb 2023]
