The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1873 was the hundred and fifth annual Summer Exhibition of the British Royal Academy of Arts. It was held at Burlington House in London's Piccadilly from 5 May to 4 August 1873 and attracted 236,000 visitors.https://chronicle250.com/1873 It featured submissions of paintings, sculpture, etchings and architectural drawings from leading artists and architects of the Victorian Era. Francis Grant presided as President of the Royal Academy. Leopold II of Belgium and his wife Marie Henriette attended the private view.https://chronicle250.com/1873#catalogue
This year's exhibition was noted for the significant number of works displayed by woman, who made up around a tenth of the 900 artists who showcased their work. The Times praised this "very distinguished group" which included Louisa Starr, Martha Darley Mutrie and Anna Maria Charretie.https://chronicle250.com/1873 The French artist James Tissot, who had settled in London a couple of years London, attracted attention for the paintings he displayed that combined scenes of everyday life. William Powell Frith exhibited The Fair Toxophilites a painting featuring his three daughters practicing archery.Wood p.157-59 John Everett Millais submitted five pictures that year including three portrait paintings.https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4112666#:~:text=Of%20the%20others%2C%20New%2DLaid,Bischoffsheim%20(Tate%20Gallery%2C%20fig. Elizabeth Thompson exhibited for the first time with Missing, a scene from the Franco-Prussian War.
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See also Salon of 1873, a contemporary art exhibition held in Paris
References
Bibliography Marshall, Nancy Rose & Warner, Malcolm. James Tissot: Victorian Life, Modern Love. Yale University Press, 1999. Wood, Christopher. William Powell Frith: A Painter and His World. Sutton Publishing, 2006.