Exhibition of Modern Paintings, Sculpture, &c., at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1868
End Date: 1868
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: Premises enlarged in 1868 providing six galleries in total. The exhibition contained 655 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have been publicly exhibited in Birmingham, no copies (except Paintings in enamel, Miniature, and Impressions from unpublished medals in which case the name of the designer must be specified), no vignette Portraits, nor any Drawings without back grounds (except architectural designs)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 the Great Room.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Sir Rowland Hill
Exhibition included The Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton
Exhibition included Hero
Exhibition included Faire Hellenore
Exhibition included Faire Serena
Exhibition included The Rosebud
Exhibition included Mrs W. Wills
Exhibition included All Alone
1868
Exhibition included Belt Clasp
1904
Offered for sale Hero
£10 10s.
Offered for sale Faire Hellenore
£6 6s.
Offered for sale Faire Serena
£6 6s.
Offered for sale The Rosebud
£5 5s.
Participants
Exhibitors included Francis John Williamson
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Fellows
'The Right Hon. Lord Lyttelton'
Exhibitors included Peter Hollins
'Sir Rowland Hill'
Exhibitors included Agnes I. Pool
'Belt Clasp '
Citing this record
'Exhibition of Modern Paintings, Sculpture, &c., at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1868', 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_1202308326, accessed 24 Mar 2023]
