Exhibition of 1762

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The Exhibition of 1762 was the second art exhibition staged by the Society of Artists of Great Britain. Held at the Society's headquarters at Spring Gardens in London, it featured displays from leading figures in sculpture, painting, architecture and printmaking. It opened on 17 May 1762. [1] It attracted over ten thousand attendees. [2]

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It featured submissions from numerous prominent British-based painters, many of whom had been founders members the previous year when the organisation broke away and staged the Exhibition of 1761. It was held while Britain was involved in the Seven Years War against France and Spain. A mocking parody the Exhibition of British Sign Painters was a held at Bow Street in Covent Garden, which featured pub signs alongside satirical works. [3] Nonetheless the exhibition was considered a success. [4] It was followed by the Exhibition of 1763 at the same location. [5]

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The veteran artist William Hogarth, smarting from the critical mauling of his Sigismunda Mourning Over the Heart of Guiscardo at the previous year's exhibition didn't submit any works and was increasingly more sympathetic to the satirical attacks on the exhibition than with the Society he had co-founded. [6] Francis Hayman designed the frontispiece for the exhibition catalogue which Hogarth had done the previous year. [7]

Thomas Gainsborough exhibited a portrait of William Poyntz. [8] George Stubbs submitted several works including The Fall of Phaeton [9] and The Grosvenor Hunt. [10] The landscape artist Richard Wilson displayed two views of Kew Gardens The Pagoda and Bridge and The Ruined Arch. [11] Joshua Reynolds exhibited four paintings. [12] Most notable amongst these was his David Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy . [13] The German painter Johan Zoffany displayed his own work featuring David Garrick, The Farmer's Return from London a depiction of him starring in a popular theatrical work of the period. [14]

References

  1. ↑ Hargreaves p.174
  2. ↑ Hoock p.64
  3. ↑ Uglow p.1041-1045
  4. ↑ Fullagar p.75
  5. ↑ Hargreaves p.174
  6. ↑ Uglow p.1041-43
  7. ↑ Uglow p.1043
  8. ↑ Hamilton p.206
  9. ↑ Egerton p.197
  10. ↑ Egerton p.160
  11. ↑ https://www.richardwilsononline.ac.uk/view-item?i=437&WINID=1739810155286
  12. ↑ Fullagar p.75
  13. ↑ Eger p.88
  14. ↑ Milam p.122

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