Royal Academy Exhibition of 1844 was the seventy sixth annualSummer Exhibition of the BritishRoyal Academy of Arts. It was held at theNational Gallery inLondon from 6 May to 27 July and featured submissions from leadingpainters,sculptors andarchitects of the earlyVictorian era.^[1]

The best-known painting to feature in the exhibition wasTurner'sRain, Steam and Speed showing crossing theGreat Western Railway's recently openedMaidenhead Railway Bridge, designed byIsambard Kingdom Brunel.^[2] Amongst the other sixoil paintings Turner displayed were three scenes ofVenice, a major theme of his work during the period.

Edwin Landseer, known for hisanimal paintings, submittedShoeing andThe Otter Speared, the later a depiction of anotter hunt inScotlandcommissioned by thepoliticianLord Aberdeen.William Collins displayed thelandscape paintingsSeaford, Sussex andMorning, Boulogne.^[3][4] The French artistPaul Delaroche exhibited a religious painting.

ThePresident of the Royal AcademyMartin Archer Shee displayed a portrait of the veteranradical politicianSir Francis Burdett.^[5]

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  Ostend byJ.M.W. Turner
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  Fishing Boats Bringing a Disabled Ship into Port Ruysdael byJ.M.W. Turner
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  Van Tromp, Going About to Please His Masters byJ.M.W. Turner
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  Venice, Maria della Salute byJ.M.W. Turner
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  Approach to Venice byJ.M.W. Turner
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  Venice Quay, Ducal Palace byJ.M.W. Turner
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  Shoeing byEdwin Landseer
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  The Otter Speared byEdwin Landseer
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  Seaford, Sussex byWilliam Collins
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  Morning, Boulogne byWilliam Collins
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  The Morning after the Wreck byClarkson Stanfield
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  Oude Scheld - Texel Island, Looking towards Nieuwe Diep and the Zuider Zee byClarkson Stanfield
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  A Devon Lane byFrederick Richard Lee
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  Sancho Panza in the Apartment of the Duchess byCharles Robert Leslie
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  Sir Walter Scott Dictating to His Daughter byWilliam Allan
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  The Visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Hawthornden byWilliam Allan
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  A Scene from Milton's Comus byDaniel Maclise
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  A Scene from Undine byDaniel Maclise
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  The Sempstress byRichard Redgrave
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  The Young Mother's Pastime byRichard Rothwell
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  Palpitation byCharles West Cope
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  Eve at the Fountain byWilliam Etty
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  Mendicants of the Roman Campagna byEdward Villiers Rippingille
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  The Painter's Holiday byFrancis Danby
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  Claverhouse Ordering Morton to be Carried Out and Shot byRobert Scott Lauder
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  Poor Louise byRobert Scott Lauder
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  Sir Thomas More and his Daughter byJohn Rogers Herbert
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  The Trial of the Seven Bishops byJohn Rogers Herbert
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  Naomi with her Daughters-in-Law byHenry Nelson O'Neil
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  The Mall, Kensington Gravel Pits byWilliam Mulready
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  Scene on the Tummel byThomas Creswick
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  A Summer's Afternoon byThomas Creswick
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  Stepping Stones on the Machno, North Wales byWilliam Frederick Witherington
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  Church of St Pierre, Caen byDavid Roberts
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  King Joash Shooting the Arrow of Deliverance byWilliam Dyce
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  John Knox Reproving Mary, Queen of Scots byWilliam Powell Frith
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  Carolan, the Irish Bard by James Christopher Timbrell
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  La Fleur's departure from Montreuil byEdward Matthew Ward
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  The Devil Upon Two Sticks byAugustus Egg
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  The Trial of the Earl of Strafford byThomas Woolnoth
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  Alderman Anthony Brown bySamuel Lane
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  Portrait ofWilliam Allen byHenry Perronet Briggs
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  Portrait ofThomas Turton byHenry William Pickersgill
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  Portrait ofLouis Philippe byGeorge Peter Alexander Healy
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  Portrait ofThomas Carlyle byJohn Linnell
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  Portrait ofWilliam Coningham byJohn Linnell
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  Portrait of Alexander Nasmyth byFrancis Grant
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  Portrait of Sir Francis Burdett byMartin Archer Shee
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  Portrait of theDuke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha byJohn Lucas
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  Portrait ofVictoria, Duchess of Kent byJohn Lucas
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  Portrait ofCount Mensdorff-Pouilly byJohn Lucas
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  Portrait of the Earl of Derby byFrederick Richard Say

• Royal Academy Exhibition of 1843, the previous year's exhibition
• Salon of 1844, a contemporary French exhibition held at theLouvre inParis

• Bailey, Anthony.J.M.W. Turner: Standing in the Sun. Tate Enterprises Ltd, 2013.
• Hamilton, James.Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
• Ormond, Richard.Sir Edwin Landseer. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1981.
• Kennedy, Ian G. & Treuherz, Julian.The Railway: Art in the Age of Steam. Yale University Press, 2008.
• Roe, Sonia.Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008.
• Shanes, Eric.The Life and Masterworks of J.M.W. Turner. Parkstone International, 2012.

• 1844 in London
• 1844 in art
• Royal Academy Exhibitions

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