Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1877
End Date: 1877
Type: Annual exhibition
Display Arrangement: Sculpture was shown in the South Corridor.
Exhibits
Exhibition included Bust of John Arthur Roebuck Esq., MP for Sheffield
Exhibition included His Eminence Cardinal Manning
Exhibition included Study of the Head of Lord Byron
Exhibition included The Mask
Exhibition included On the Sea Shore
Exhibition included Milly
Exhibition included Portraits of Hubert and Theodore, the Deceased Infant Children of J. J. Mellor, Esq., of the Woodlands, Whitefield
exhibited with the quote: 'Death, like sleep, a gentle waiting to immortal life...' (Milton)
Exhibition included A Singing Boy
Exhibition included Group
'Forced from home and all its pleasures, Afric's coast I left forlorn' (Cowper)
Exhibition included Devotion
Exhibition included Our Saviour
Exhibition included Lord Byron
Exhibition included Medallion Portrait of His Worship the Mayor of Manchester, Alderman Heywood
Exhibition included Medallion Portrait of the Rev. W. Gaskell, MA
Exhibition included Christ Rebuking
Exhibition included The Spartan Mother
Exhibition included Linnets and Lark
Exhibition included Medallion Portrait of Wm Poole, Esq., of Sheffield
Exhibition included Medallion Portrait of Selim Rothwell, Esq.
Exhibition included Relievo Portrait of the Late Sir Titus Salt
Exhibition included Herod Stricken On His Throne
Exhibition included Cupid and Psyche
Exhibition included The Morning Hymn
Exhibition included Cupids Fishing
Offered for sale His Eminence Cardinal Manning
£12 12s.
Offered for sale The Mask
£3 3s.
Offered for sale Milly
£10 10s.
Offered for sale A Singing Boy
£5 5s.
Offered for sale Group
£60
Offered for sale Devotion
£23 2s.
Offered for sale Our Saviour
£5 5s.
Offered for sale Lord Byron
£15
Offered for sale Medallion Portrait of His Worship the Mayor of Manchester, Alderman Heywood
£5
Offered for sale Medallion Portrait of the Rev. W. Gaskell, MA
£5
Offered for sale Christ Rebuking
£5
Offered for sale The Spartan Mother
£30
Offered for sale Linnets and Lark
£3
Offered for sale Cupid and Psyche
£10 10s.
Offered for sale The Morning Hymn
£63
Offered for sale Cupids Fishing
£8 8s.
Participants
Exhibitors included James Havard Thomas
'His Eminence Cardinal Manning'
Exhibitors included Grace Cruikshank
'Cupids Fishing'
Exhibitors included George Holding II
'Christ Rebuking'
Exhibitors included James Milo Ap Griffith
Multiple works
Exhibitors included John Bell
'On the Sea Shore'
Exhibitors included Theophilus Smith
Multiple works
Exhibitors included George Frederick Halse
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Thomas Gregory
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Edwin S. de Dobree
'Milly'
Exhibitors included Felix Martin Miller
Multiple works
Citing this record
'Royal Manchester Institution, Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists, 1877', 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=msib5_1220531268, accessed 02 Oct 2023]