The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1827 was an art exhibition held by the British Royal Academy of Arts during the Regency era. The fifty ninth annual Summer Exhibition of the academy, it was staged at Somerset House in London between 7 May and 14 July 1827.https://chronicle250.com/1827
The President of the Royal Academy Thomas Lawrence exhibited a series of portrait paintings capturing prominent figures of the late Regency era. These included the Prime Minister Lord Liverpool and the Scottish writer Walter Scott. Two featuring female sitters Portrait of Julia, Lady Peel and Portrait of Rosamond Croker were widely praised and have been described as "masterpieces".Levey p.273 His rival John Jackson showed a full-length portrait of the soldier and politician the Duke of Wellington.Wellesley p.174-75
John Constable sent in three landscape paintings these included his Parham Mill and a view of Hampstead Heath. The largest of these works was his Chain Pier, Brighton, featuring the recently opened landmark. The painting was the major production of his visit to Brighton on the Sussex coast for his wife's health.Charles p.174
One of the rising stars of British art, the animal painter Edwin Landseer exhibited works including The Monkey Who Had Seen the World. Ormond p.58-59 The York-born William Etty displayed The Parting of Hero and Leander..https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/etty-the-parting-of-hero-and-leander-n05614
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See also Salon of 1827, an exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris
References
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