Royal Academy Exhibition of 1844 was the seventy sixth annual Summer Exhibition of the British Royal Academy of Arts. It was held at the National Gallery in London from 6 May to 27 July and featured submissions from leading painters, sculptors and architects of the early Victorian era. [1]
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The best-known painting to feature in the exhibition was Turner's Rain, Steam and Speed showing crossing the Great Western Railway's recently opened Maidenhead Railway Bridge, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. [2] Amongst the other six oil paintings Turner displayed were three scenes of Venice, a major theme of his work during the period.
Edwin Landseer, known for his animal paintings, submitted Shoeing and The Otter Speared, the later a depiction of an otter hunt in Scotland commissioned by the politician Lord Aberdeen. William Collins displayed the landscape paintings Seaford, Sussex and Morning, Boulogne. [3] [4] The French artist Paul Delaroche exhibited a religious painting.
The President of the Royal Academy Martin Archer Shee displayed a portrait of the veteran radical politician Sir Francis Burdett. [5]
