Royal Academy Exhibition of 1844 was the seventy sixth annual Summer Exhibition of the British Royal Academy of Arts. It was held at the National Gallery in London from 6 May to 27 July and featured submissions from leading painters, sculptors and architects of the early Victorian era.
The best-known painting to feature in the exhibition was Turner's Rain, Steam and Speed showing crossing the Great Western Railway's recently opened Maidenhead Railway Bridge, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Amongst the other six oil paintings Turner displayed were three scenes of Venice, a major theme of his work during the period.
Edwin Landseer, known for his animal paintings, submitted Shoeing and The Otter Speared, the later a depiction of an otter hunt in Scotland commissioned by the politician Lord Aberdeen. William Collins displayed the landscape paintings Seaford, Sussex and Morning, Boulogne. The French artist Paul Delaroche exhibited a religious painting.
The President of the Royal Academy Martin Archer Shee displayed a portrait of the veteran radical politician Sir Francis Burdett.
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