The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Second, 1878
End Date: 1878
Type: Annual exhibition
Description: Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy have been held in the spring of each year since 1827.
Works were for sale.
Policy: To encourage the practice of the Fine Arts in Scotland by showing to the public representative collections of works mainly from Scottish artists of the time.
Works shown at the RSA Annual Exhibition should be by living artists only, although a few works in reality were exhibited posthumously. Most works were submitted, although a number were 'invited' (RSA Dictionary, vol. 1, p. xv).
In addition to the Annual Exhibitions the Academy occasionally places on view, at another season of the year, memorial collections of the works of eminent artists recently deceased.
For further information on the history of the RSA see Frank Rinder & W. D. McKay, The Royal Scottish Academy, 1826-1916 (Glasgow: University Press, 1917) and Esme Gordon, The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture & Architecture 1826-1976 (Edinburgh: Charles Skilton, 1976).
See also http://www.royalscottishacademy.org/pages/menu_page.asp/.
Display Arrangement: Sculpture exhibited in South Room.
Exhibits
Exhibition included David Livingston
Lent by James Young, Esq., of Kelly and Durris.
Exhibition included Girl singing
1878
Exhibition included Dr Robert Moffat
1878
Exhibition included The late Mrs Montgomerie Neilson of Queenshill
1878
Exhibition included Mrs James Ogston of Norwood
1878
Exhibition included The late Hugh Blair, Esq.
1878
Exhibition included Miniature bust of a lady
1878
Exhibition included The reaper
1878
Exhibition included Miniature bust of a lady
1878
Exhibition included Ebenezer H. Murray, Esq.
1878
Exhibition included The Bruce sheathing his sword after victory
1878
Exhibition included The Rev. W. C. Smith, DD
1878
Exhibition included The late Sir James Campbell of Stracathro
1878
Exhibition included James Galbraith, Esq., Glasgow
1878
Exhibition included Miss Holms Kerr, daughter of R. K. Holms, Esq., Glasgow
1878
Exhibition included Lady Muriel, youngest daughter of the Rt Hon of the Earl of Glasgow
1878
Exhibition included The hop queen
1878
Exhibition included Parted friends
1878
Exhibition included The late Adam Black
1878
Exhibition included The late James Carmichael, Engineer
1878
Exhibition included Duncan McLaren, Esq., MP
1878
Exhibition included A young lady
1878
Participants
Exhibitors included Thomas Stuart Burnett
'Miniature bust of a lady'
Exhibitors included Donald Campbell Haggart
'Lady Muriel, youngest daughter of the Rt Hon of the Earl of Glasgow'
Exhibitors included John Hutchison
'Duncan McLaren Esq., MP'
Exhibitors included George Edwin Ewing
Multiple works
Exhibitors included William Brodie
Multiple works
Exhibitors included Andrew Currie
Multiple works
Exhibitors included George Frederick Halse
Multiple works
Exhibitors included H. Gore Booth
'Girl singing'
Sources
The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, MDCCCLXXVIII, The Fifty-Second
1878
Illustrated catalogue
Citing this record
'The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Second, 1878', 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=msib6_1206631003, accessed 25 Mar 2023]
