Royal Academy Exhibition of 1860

The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1860 was the ninety second annual Summer Exhibition of the British Royal Academy of Arts. It was held at the National Gallery on Trafalgar Square in London between 7 May and 28 July 1860 during the Victorian era. William Dyce attracted attention with his three submissions including the landscape Pegwell Bay, Kent.[1]

John Everett Millais's The Black Brunswicker depicted a scene from the Napoleonic Wars and was aimed to appeal to critic, art collectors and the general public.[2] His fellow Pre-Raphaelite William Holman Hunt chose to exhibit his religious painting The Finding of the Saviour in the Temple in a private exhibition in Bond Street in direct competition with the Academy's show.[3]

John Phillip displayed his royal commission The Marriage of Victoria, Princess Royal as well as Prayer, one of his Spanish-inspired paintings which was his diploma work on his election as a Royal Academician.[4] [5] George Elgar Hicks followed up his success at the previous year's exhibition Dividend Day at the Bank of England with a similar scene The General Post Office, One Minute to Six. William Powell Frith displayed the genre painting Claude Duval while Richard Ansdell 's Buy a Dog Ma'am? showed a scene of London life.[6]

References

See also

  • Salon of 1860, contemporary art exhibition held in Paris

Bibliography

  • Donald, Diana. Picturing Animals in Britain, 1750–1850. Yale University Press, 2007.
  • Riding, Christine. John Everett Millais. Harry N. Abrams, 2006.
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