Royal Academy Exhibition of 1846

Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru by John Everett Millais

The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1846 was the seventy eighth annual Summer Exhibition held by the British Royal Academy of Arts. It took place between 4 May and 25 July 1846 at the National Gallery in London. Including submissions by leading artists and architects, it featured both those who had made their name in the Regency era and younger figures of the Victorian era.

The veteran painter J.M.W. Turner submitted a number of works. Going to the Ball and Returning from the Ball were inspired by his repeated visits to Venice. Hurrah for the Whaler Erebus and Whalers Entangled in Flaw Ice were apparent attempts to court the interest of the art collector Elhanan Bicknell who had made his fortune through the whaling industry.

One of the most popular paintings on display was William Mulready's Choosing the Wedding Gown based on Oliver Goldsmith's novel The Vicar of Wakefield. A member of The Clique Edward Matthew Ward sent in the history painting The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon. The sixteen year old John Everett Millais made his exhibition debut with Pizarro Seizing the Inca of Peru. He later became a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Edwin Landseer displayed two companion paintings Time of Peace and Time of War. Widely praised at the time, both were subsequently destroyed during the Thames Flood of 1928.

In portraiture Francis Grant presented equestrian portraits of Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert. The French artist Alfred d'Orsay submitted a picture of the Duke of Wellington.

Gallery

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  Going to the Ball by J.M.W. Turner
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  Returning from the Ball by J.M.W. Turner
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  Whalers Entangled in Flaw Ice by J.M.W. Turner
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  Hurrah for the Whaler Erebus by J.M.W. Turner
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  The Angel Standing in the Sun by J.M.W. Turner
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  Undine Giving the Ring to Massaniello, Fisherman of Naples by J.M.W. Turner
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  On the Dogger Bank by Clarkson Stanfield
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  The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon by Edward Matthew Ward
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  Choosing the Wedding Gown by William Mulready
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  A Street in Cairo by David Roberts
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  Tomb of the Caliphs by David Roberts
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  Early Morning, Cromer by William Collins
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  Shrimpers Hastening Home by William Collins
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  Hall Sands, Devonshire by William Collins
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  Diana and Her Nymphs Surprised by Actaeon by William Edward Frost
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  The Choice of Paris by William Etty
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  Stag at Bay by Edwin Landseer
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  Refreshment by Edwin Landseer
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  Time of Peace by Edwin Landseer
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  Time of War by Edwin Landseer
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  The Madonna and Child by William Dyce
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  The Young Mother by Charles West Cope
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  Zia Theresa, The Visit to the Nun by Charles Lock Eastlake
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  Good Night by Thomas Webster
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  The Visitation and Surrender of Syon Nunnery, 1539 by Paul Falconer Poole
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  Flora MacDonald's Introduction to Bonnie Prince Charlie by Alexander Johnston
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  Throwing off Her Weeds by Richard Redgrave
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  Sunday Morning, The Walk from Church by Richard Redgrave
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  Madame Jourdain Finds Her Husband Entertaining Dorimène and Dorante by William Powell Frith
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  Ruth and Boaz by Henry William Pickersgill
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  The Palace Garden by James Digman Wingfield
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  The Lake of Orta by William Linton
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  Psalmody by Solomon Hart
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  Leonardo and His Models by Henry James Townsend
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  Spanish Peasants Retreating from the French Army by Frederick Goodall
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  Stag at Bay by Richard Ansdell
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  Solitude by John Martin
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  Portrait of Robert Stephenson by John Lucas
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  Print based on the Portrait of Francis Grant by John Watson Gordon
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  Portrait of Queen Victoria by Francis Grant
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  Portrait of Prince Albert by Francis Grant
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  Portrait of the Duchess of Hamilton by Willes Maddox
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  Portrait of Charles Napier by Thomas Musgrave Joy
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  Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Alfred d'Orsay

Bibliography

• Bailey, Anthony. J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
• Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
• Herrmann, Luke. Nineteenth Century British Painting. Charles de la Mare, 2000.
• Van der Merwe, Pieter & Took, Roger. The Spectacular Career of Clarkson Stanfield. Tyne and Wear County Council Museums, 1979.