Royal Academy Exhibition of 1866

The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1866 was the ninety eighth annual Summer Exhibition of the British Royal Academy of Arts. It was held at the National Gallery in London from 7 May to 28 July 1866. One of the most notable works on display was the Irish artist Daniel Maclise's The Death of Nelson , an oil painting based on the fresco he had produced for the Houses of Parliament. ^[1] It was the first exhibition during the Presidency of Francis Grant, in succession to Charles Lock Eastlake. The same year the Academy began it's protracted move to a new permanent home at Burlington House in Piccadilly. ^[2]

Paintings on display included Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman by William Powell Frith ^[3] and The Woodman's Dinner by Richard Redgrave. ^[4]

Gallery

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  The Death of Nelson by Daniel Maclise
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  The Painter's Honeymoon by Frederic Leighton
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  Portrait of Elinor Guthrie by Frederic Leighton
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  Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadman by William Powell Frith
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  Leicester and Amy Robsart by Edward Matthew Ward
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  Pot Luck by Thomas Faed
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  Ere Care Begins by Thomas Faed
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  The Thorn by Charles West Cope
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  Thetis by George Frederic Watts
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  The Remorse of Judas by Edward Armitage
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  Her Most High, Noble and Puissant Grace by Philip Hermogenes Calderon

References

1. https://chronicle250.com/1866#catalogue
2. https://chronicle250.com/1866#catalogue
3. https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/frith-uncle-toby-and-the-widow-wadman-n01781
4. https://www.rosss.ie/lot-details/richard-redgrave/the-woodmans-dinner/355929/

Bibliography

• Murray, Peter. Daniel Maclise, 1806–1870: Romancing the Past. Crawford Art Gallery, 2009..