Art Exhibition at Alton Towers, 1865
Start Date: July 1865
End Date: September 1865
Type: Exhibition
Description: The executive committee asked for donations of paintings and drawings, engravings 'particularly those illustrating Topography of the Midland Counties', photographs, 'Sculpture, Terra Cotta, and Mosaics', Armour, 'Decorative Metal Work' 'Pottery, especially old Wedgwood Ware', 'Modern examples of the Art Manufactures of the Midland Counties': the last of these categories suggests that contemporary ceramic/pottery/sculpture was included in this exhibition ('Art Exhibition at Alton Tower', June 1965).
Policy: The executive committee encouraged donation of works that were representative of the Midland Counties. All of the works displayed appear to have been donated to the exhibition. The committee co-operated with the South Kensington Museum who sent works from their own collection. The exhibition was staged to raise funds for the completion of the Wedgwood Institute building ('Art Exhibition at Alton Tower', June 1965).
Organizing Institution or Venue
Organized by Wedgwood Memorial Institute, Burslem and Tunstall School of Science and Art
July 1865 (Presumed) - September 1865 (Presumed)
Participants
Co-ordinated by William Woodall
June 1865 (Presumed) - September 1865 (Presumed)
Named as an executive committee member.
Co-ordinated by W.E. Twigg
June 1865 - September 1865
It is unclear whether Twigg was chairman of the executive committee of the Wedgwood Institute or the organising committee of an exhibition at Alton Towers in 1865; he is listed as 'Chairman' in a document relating to the exhibition (see 'Art Exhibition at Alton Towers', June 1865).
Sources
Art Exhibition at Alton Towers, 1865
March 1865
p. 1
Art Exhibition at Alton Towers. In aid of the funds for completing the erection of The Wedgwood Institute, 1865
June 1865
p. 1
Citing this record
'Art Exhibition at Alton Towers, 1865', 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_1219750774, accessed 27 Feb 2021]
