Royal Academy Exhibition of 1842

Peace – Burial at Sea by J.M.W. Turner

The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1842 was an art exhibition held at the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square in London between 2 May and 23 July 1842. It was the seventy fourth annual Summer Exhibition of the British Royal Academy of Arts. It took place during the early Victorian era and featured submissions from leading painters, sculptors and architects of the period.

The greatest attention was drawn by five paintings by J.M.W. Turner. These included two cityscapes of Venice and Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth.[1][2] His War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet showing Napoleon under British guard in exile on the island of Saint Helena was almost universally savaged by critics, although the praise of Turner's admirer John Ruskin. [3]

It was the first exhibition to be held since the death of David Wilkie, a leading member of the Academy for several decades, who has died near Gibraltar while travelling back from the Holy Land. His friend Turner paid tribute to him with his painting Peace – Burial at Sea. Another friend William Collins, who had named his son Wilkie Collins in his honour, displayed a picture of Wilkie's Kensington house View of Sir David Wilkie's House in Kensington.[4] Several of Wilkie's paintings from his trip were shown posthumously including the Portrait of Abdülmecid I and Portrait of Muhammad Ali of Egypt.[5] After a period of absence Edwin Landseer returned to the Academy after several years absence, displaying works he had produced for Queen Victoria. Crossing the Ford, the only work sent in by the Irish artist William Mulready, was one of the most popular paintings on display. Daniel Maclise sent in the large theatrical canvas The Play Scene in Hamlet.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Postle, Martin (2018). "1842: Snowstorm and Sanctuary". The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition: A Chronicle, 1769–2018. Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  2. ↑ Hamilton p.437-40
  3. ↑ "War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet". Tate.
  4. ↑ "View of Sir David Wilkie's House in Vicarage Place, Kensington". National Galleries of Scotland. Retrieved August 10, 2026.
  5. ↑ Tromans p.338

Bibliography

  • Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
  • Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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