1818 in art

Events in the year 1818 in Art.

Events

4 May – The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1818 opens at Somerset House in London. ^[1]
29 September – Commissioned by the Prince Regent, Sir Thomas Lawrence travels to Aachen to paint portraits of those present at the third congress.^[2]

Works

*Wanderer above the Sea of Fog* by Caspar David Friedrich.

*The Field of Waterloo* by William Turner

*The Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras* by Jan Willem Pieneman

*Portrait of the Duke of Richelieu* by Thomas Lawrence

Jean Alaux – The Studio of Ingres in Rome^[3]
William Beechey – Portrait of Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge
René Théodore Berthon – Portrait of Lady Morgan^[4]
Augustus Wall Callcott – The Mouth of the Tyne
John Constable – Willy Lott's House from the Stour^[5]
Charles de Steuben – Napoleon's Return from Elba
William Etty – Manlius Hurled From The Rock^[6]
Caspar David Friedrich
Théodore Géricault – Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct
Antoine-Jean Gros – The Embarkation of the Duchess of Angoulême at Pauillac
Henry Howard – The Apotheosis of Princess Charlotte^[7]
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
- The Death of Leonardo da Vinci^[8]
- Philip V of Spain Investing Marshal Berwick with the Golden Fleece^[9]
Thomas Lawrence
Jan Willem Pieneman – The Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras^[16]
Thomas Phillips – Portrait of Francis Leggatt Chantrey
Rolinda Sharples – The Cloakroom, Clifton Assembly Rooms^[17]
Thomas Sully – Major John Biddle
William Turner – The Field of Waterloo
David Wilkie
- The Errand Boy^[18]
- The Penny Wedding

Births

January 21 – Alexander Joseph Daiwaille, Dutch portrait painter (died 1888)
January 26 – Amédée de Noé, French caricaturist and lithographer (died 1879)^[19]
January 28 – Alfred Stevens, English sculptor (died 1875)
April 3 – Jean-François Portaels, Flemish orientalist painter (died 1895)
April 14 – Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, French-born British Pre-Raphaelite watercolorist (died 1891)
May 24 – John Henry Foley, Irish sculptor (died 1874)
June 13 – Jean-Jules Allasseur, French sculptor (died 1903)
June 21 – Sir Richard Wallace, 1st Baronet, born Richard Johnson, English francophile art collector and philanthropist (died 1890)
December 7 – Georg Decker, Austro-Hungarian portrait painter (died 1894)
probable – Alexander Hunter Murray, Scottish-born Canadian fur trader and artist (died 1874)

Deaths

January 5 – Marcello Bacciarelli, Italian painter (born 1731)
February 28 – Anne Vallayer-Coster, French painter (born 1744)^[20]
March 7 – Samuel Cotes, English painter of miniature portraits also working in crayons (born 1734)^[21]
March 15 – Karl Postl, Austrian painter (born 1769)
March 24 – Humphry Repton, English garden designer and artist (born 1752)^[22]
April – George Bullock, English sculptor (born 1777)^[23]
August 16 – Carl Frederik von Breda, Swedish painter to the Swedish court (born 1759)^[24]
October 4 – Josef Abel, Austrian historical painter and etcher (born 1768)
November 1 – Marie-Gabrielle Capet, French painter (born 1761)
November 5 – Heinrich Füger, German portrait and historical painter (born 1751)^[25]
November 19 – Shiba Kōkan, Japanese painter and printmaker (born 1747)
December 10 – Hubert Maurer, Austrian painter of portraits and religious themes (born 1738)^[26]
date unknown – Francesco Antonio Franzoni, Italian sculptor (born 1734)^[27]

References

↑ Gillian Forrester. "1818 Camaraderie and Rivalry on Display". Royal Academy. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
↑ Williams, D.E (1831). The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Colburn. p. 108.
↑ https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/00000055158
↑ "Portrait of Lady Morgan (Sydney Owenson)". National Gallery. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
↑ Anthony Bailey (2012). John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House. pp. 318–9.
↑ "Manlius Hurled from the Rock". ArtUK. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
↑ "The Apotheosis of Princess Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales (1796-1817)". National Trust. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
↑ "Francis I Receives the Last Breaths of Leonardo da Vinci". Petit Palais. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
↑ Shelton, Andrew Carrington (2005). Ingres and His Critics. Cambridge University Press. p. 455.
↑ https://www.rct.uk/collection/404942/alexander-i-emperor-of-russia-1777-1825
↑ https://www.rct.uk/collection/404945/karlnbsprobert-count-nesselrode-1780-1862
↑ Beatrice De Graaf (2020). Fighting Terror after Napoleon: How Europe Became Secure after 1815. Cambridge University Press. p. 178.
↑ https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1542306
↑ https://www.rct.uk/collection/404944/frederick-william-iii-king-of-prussia-1770-1840
↑ https://www.rct.uk/collection/404941/charles-augustus-prince-hardenberg-1750-1822
↑ Reynolds, Luke. Who Owned Waterloo?: Battle, Memory, and Myth in British History, 1815–1852. Oxford University Press, 2022. p.167
↑ https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-cloak-room-clifton-assembly-rooms-189077
↑ Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007. p.93-84
↑ Richard Muther; George Arthur Green; Arthur Cecil Hillier (1895). The History of Modern Painting. Henry and Company. p. 807.
↑ Mary Jane McKinven (June 2002). Stunning Still Lifes by Anne Vallayer-Coster, Foremost 18th-Century Painter in Court of Marie-Antoinette. National Gallery of Art.
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cust, Lionel Henry (1887). "Cotes, Samuel". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 284.
↑ Courtney, William Prideaux (1896). "Repton, Humphry" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
↑ "The Wilkinson Tracings". Birmingham Museums. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
↑ Bryan, Michael (1886). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical. Vol. I.: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. Retrieved 2008-01-27.
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Füger, Heinrich" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
↑ Cyriak Bodenstein (1888). Hundert Jahre Kunstgeschichte Wiens 1788 - 1888: eine Festgabe anläßlich der Säcular-Feier der Pensions-Gesellschaft bildender Künstler Wiens (in German). Gerold. p. XXIV.
↑ The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1982. p. 126.

[1] Gillian Forrester. "1818 Camaraderie and Rivalry on Display". Royal Academy. Retrieved 7 December 2025.

[2] Williams, D.E (1831). The Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence. Colburn. p. 108.

[3] ttps://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/joconde/00000055158

[4] "Portrait of Lady Morgan (Sydney Owenson)". National Gallery. Retrieved 19 March 2026.

[5] Anthony Bailey (2012). John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House. pp. 318–9.

[6] "Manlius Hurled from the Rock". ArtUK. Retrieved 29 March 2026.

[7] "The Apotheosis of Princess Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales (1796-1817)". National Trust. Retrieved 7 December 2025.

[8] "Francis I Receives the Last Breaths of Leonardo da Vinci". Petit Palais. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

[9] Shelton, Andrew Carrington (2005). Ingres and His Critics. Cambridge University Press. p. 455.

[10] ttps://www.rct.uk/collection/404942/alexander-i-emperor-of-russia-1777-1825

[11] ttps://www.rct.uk/collection/404945/karlnbsprobert-count-nesselrode-1780-1862

[12] Beatrice De Graaf (2020). Fighting Terror after Napoleon: How Europe Became Secure after 1815. Cambridge University Press. p. 178.

[13] ttps://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1542306

[14] ttps://www.rct.uk/collection/404944/frederick-william-iii-king-of-prussia-1770-1840

[15] ttps://www.rct.uk/collection/404941/charles-augustus-prince-hardenberg-1750-1822

[16] Reynolds, Luke. Who Owned Waterloo?: Battle, Memory, and Myth in British History, 1815–1852. Oxford University Press, 2022. p.167

[17] ttps://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-cloak-room-clifton-assembly-rooms-189077

[18] Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007. p.93-84

[19] Richard Muther; George Arthur Green; Arthur Cecil Hillier (1895). The History of Modern Painting. Henry and Company. p. 807.

[20] Mary Jane McKinven (June 2002). Stunning Still Lifes by Anne Vallayer-Coster, Foremost 18th-Century Painter in Court of Marie-Antoinette. National Gallery of Art.

[21] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cust, Lionel Henry (1887). "Cotes, Samuel". In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 284.

[22] Courtney, William Prideaux (1896). "Repton, Humphry" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

[23] "The Wilkinson Tracings". Birmingham Museums. Retrieved 28 July 2024.

[24] Bryan, Michael (1886). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers: Biographical and Critical. Vol. I.: A-K. London: George Bell and Sons. Retrieved 2008-01-27.

[25] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Füger, Heinrich" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

[26] Cyriak Bodenstein (1888). Hundert Jahre Kunstgeschichte Wiens 1788 - 1888: eine Festgabe anläßlich der Säcular-Feier der Pensions-Gesellschaft bildender Künstler Wiens (in German). Gerold. p. XXIV.

[27] The Vatican Collections: The Papacy and Art. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1982. p. 126.

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