Eyre Crowe (1824-1910)

The following 119 paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in London between 1846 and 1908:

• Master Prynne Searching Archbishop Laud’s Pockets in the Tower (1846). Medium: oil
• Boulogne Girl Knitting (1848). Medium: oil. Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1848
• The Roman Carnival (1848). Medium: oil. Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1848
• Holbein drawing the Infant Son of Henry VII and his Nurse, Mother Jack (1849). Medium: oil. Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1849
• A Scene at the Mitre: Dr Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith (1857). Medium: oil.
• Benjamin Franklin at Watts’s in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, A.D. 1725 (1858). Medium: oil.
• Pope’s Introduction to Dryden, at Wills’ Coffee House (1858). Medium: oil.
• Milton Visiting Galileo in the Prisons of the Inquisition (1859). Medium: oil.
• The Roundhead (1859). Medium: oil.
• Dean Swift at St. James’s Coffee House, 1710 (1860). Medium: oil
• Sir Richard Steele Writing to his Wife (1860). Medium: oil
• Slaves Waiting for Sale: Richmond, Virginia (1861). Medium: oil.
• Brick Court, Middle Temple, April 1774 / Goldsmith’s Mourners (1862). Medium: oil on panel
• De Foe in the Pillory (1862). Medium: oil
• Dean Swift Looking at a Lock of Stella’s Hair (1864). Medium: oil
• Luther Posting his Theses on the Church Door of Wittenberg (1864). Medium: oil.
• Whitefield Preaching in Moorfields, A.D. 1742 (1865). Medium: oil.
• Competitive Examination (1866). Medium: oil.
• Reynolds’ First Sketch (1866). Medium: oil.
• Charles II Knighting the Loin of Beef (1867). Medium: oil.
• Mary Stuart, February 8th, 1586 (1868). Medium: oil.
• A Chiffonier (1868). Medium: oil
• Shinglers / The Foundry (1869). Medium: oil.
• The Jacobite (1869). Medium: oil.
• The Penance of Dr. Johnson, 1784 (1869). Medium: oil.
• The Vestal (1870). Medium: oil.
• Friends (1871). Medium: oil.
• Old Mortality (1871). Medium: oil.
• Bob-Cherry (1871). Medium: oil. Exhibited 1872
• Howard Succouring the Galley Slaves at Venice, A.D. 1778 (1872). Medium: oil.
• Out of School (1872). Medium: oil.
• Tiff / The Bench by the Sea (1872). Medium: oil.
• After a Run (1873). Medium: oil.
• After Work (1873). Medium: oil.
• At the Pit-Door (1873). Medium: oil.
• Brothers of the Brush (1873). Medium: oil.
• Tethered (1873). Medium: oil.
• A Spoil Bank (1874). Medium: oil.
• Foxhounds in Kennel (1874). Medium: oil.
• The Dinner Hour, Wigan (1874). Medium: oil.
• A Sheep-Shearing Match (1875). Medium: oil.
• Handing the Brush (1875). Medium: oil.
• The French Savants in Egypt, 1798 (1875). Medium: oil.
• Darning Day: Red Maids’ School, Bristol (1876). Medium: oil.
• The Rehearsal (1876). Medium: oil.
• Bridal Procession at St. Maclou, Rouen (1877). Medium: oil.
• Prayer (1877). Medium: oil.
• Sanctuary (1877). Medium: oil.
• Silkworms (1877). Medium: oil.
• School Treat (1878). Medium: oil.
• Bluecoat Boys returning from their Holidays (1879). Medium: oil.
• Execution of the Duc d’Enghien, 1804 (1879). Medium: oil.
• Marat: 13th July, 1793 (1879). Medium: oil.
• The Blind Beggar(1879). Medium: oil.
• The Queen of the May (1879). Medium: oil.
• Forfeits (1880). Medium: oil
• Queen Eleanor’s Tomb (1880). Medium: oil
• Explosion of the Cashmere Gate at Delhi, Sept. 14, 1857 (1881). Medium: oil
• ‘Sandwiches’ (1881). Medium: oil
• Sir Roger de Coverley and the Spectator at Westminster Abbey (1880). Medium: oil. Exhibited 1881
• ‘How Happy Could I Be With Either’ (1882). Medium: oil
• The Defence of London in 1643 (1882). Medium: oil
• ‘An Old Nag is a Sly Nag’ (1883). Medium: oil
• Market Place, Evesham (1883). Medium: oil. Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1883. A companion piece to ‘Old Porch, Evesham’, this painting was not noted in any of the principal newspapers or periodicals on its exhibition in 1883.
• Old Porch, Evesham (1883). Medium: oil
• School at the Aitre, St. Maclou, Rouen (1883). Medium: oil
• “Wood-notes wild” (1883). Medium: oil. Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1883. This painting was not noted in any of the principal newspapers or periodicals on its exhibition in 1883. It did not actually have a title – “Wood-notes wild” was a caption in the catalogue underneath a blank space.
• Fish Market, Rouen (1884). Medium: oil
• Bairn’s Play (1885). Medium: oil
• Honeymoon in Normandy – a Street in Lisieux (1885). Medium: oil
• Old Chantry at Auberville, Calvados (1885). Medium: oil
• Hougoumont, June 1815, the Day after the Battle (1886). Medium: oil
• Arithmetic: Red Maids’ School, Bristol (1887). Medium: oil
• Convicts at Work, Portsmouth (1887). Medium: oil
• Nelson Leaving England for the Last Time (1888). Medium: oil
• In Search of the Finnan Haddies (1889). Medium: oil. Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1889. According to Crowe’s diary, this picture showed an old sailor at Stonehaven, Scotland.
• Military Honours (1889). Medium: oil
• The Signal Mortar (1889). Medium: oil
• A Rifle Match – at Dunnottar, N.B. (1890). Medium: oil
• Sir Joseph Archer Crowe K.C.M.G. (1891). Medium: oil
• The Founder of English Astronomy / Horrocks Seeing the Actual Transit of Venus (1891). Medium: oil
• Writing a Message to St Helena (1891). Medium: oil
• Lady Coventry’s Escort (1892). Medium: oil
• Peg of Limavaddy (1893). Medium: oil
• Farmhouse in the Boulonnais (1894). Medium: oil
• Foundling Hospital (1894). Medium: oil
• The Brigs of Ayr (1894). Medium: oil
• A Baptism in the Cathedral of Newcastle upon Tyne / Parson Christening Children (1895). Medium: oil
• Fishermen’s Home, Great Yarmouth (1895). Medium: oil
• Le Petit Chapeau: The Hat Worn by the Emperor Napoleon at Waterloo (1895). Medium: oil
• The Mourners – a Corner of the Sailors’ Home, Bristol (1895). Medium: oil
• Thomas Carlyle Looking at the Duke of Buccleuch’s Miniatures of Cromwell, his Wife and Daughter (1895). Medium: oil
• Drawing Lots for the Guelph Succession at Celle, A.D. 1592 (1896). Medium: oil
• The Crow-Boy (1897). Medium: oil
• The Gipsy’s Rest / The Gipsy Encampment (1897). Medium: oil
• Trial for Bigamy (1897). Medium: oil
• James II at La Hogue, May 1692 (1898). Medium: oil
• Crossing the Brook (1899). Medium: oil
• J F Millet in his Studio at Barbizon (1899). Medium: oil
• On the Boulogne Ramparts (1899). Medium: oil
• The Way to the Farm / A Country Lane (1899). Medium: oil
• Le Chapeau de Paille (1900). Medium: oil painting
• The Poultry Yard (1900). Medium: oil painting
• The Doles of Montreuil (1901). Medium: oil painting
• Napoleon’s Abdication (1902). Medium: oil painting
• The Concertina Player of Trafalgar Square (1902). Medium: oil painting
• Milking Time (1903). Medium: oil painting
• The Embroidress (1903). Medium: oil painting
• The Kitchen Garden (1903). Medium: oil painting
• The Village Farrier (1903). Medium: oil painting
• The Watering Place / Étaples (1903). Medium: oil painting
• The Windmill of Crécy/ Crécy in Ponthieu, 26 August 1346 (1903). Medium: oil painting
• Shelley at Marlow writing the Dedication of “The Revolt of Islam” to his Wife on its Completion in 1817 (1904). Medium: oil painting
• The Rt. Hon. John Bright, M.P., at the Reform Club, 1883 (1904). Medium: oil on panel
• Mrs Spenser Wilkinson (1905). Medium: oil painting
• The Seven Sisters, Vale of Elwy, N. Wales (1905). Medium: oil painting
• Oliver Goldsmith at Lissoy (1906). Medium: oil painting
• The Veteran’s Pipe (1907). Medium: oil painting
• Mendelssohn / Rivulet (1908). Medium: oil painting

The following paintings are known to have been exhibited at other galleries in Eyre Crowe’s lifetime. Most of them had previously been exhibited at the Royal Academy but went on to be displayed elsewhere. The others were only shown outside the Royal Academy:

• The Boulogne Fisher’s Wife (1850). Medium: oil. British Institution, 1850
• After the Sale: Slaves going South (1853). Medium: oil. Suffolk Street Gallery, London, 1854
• Boswell’s Introduction to the Literary Club (1856). Medium: oil. Mr Gambart’s Gallery, 120 Pall Mall, 1859; Pall Mall Winter Exhibition, 1861
• Hauling the boat ashore – coast of France (1857). Medium: oil. American Exhibition of British Art, 1857
• A Barber’s Shop at Richmond, Virginia (1861). Medium: oil. British Institution, 1861
• Pope’s Introduction to Dryden, at Wills’ Coffee House (1858). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1858; International Exhibition, London, 1862
• De Foe in the Pillory (1862). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1862; Messrs John Hay and Sons, Newcastle, 1869; Manchester Jubilee Exhibition, 1887; Guildhall, 1900
• Whitefield Preaching in Moorfields, A.D. 1742 (1865). Liverpool Academy and Art Institute 1865; Paris Exposition Universelle, 1867
• Charles II Knighting the Loin of Beef (1867). Birmingham, 1867
• Robespierre Looking at the Guillotine Carts Passing (1867). Medium: oil. Dudley Gallery, 1867
• Mary Stuart, February 8th, 1586 (1868). Medium: oil.  Royal Academy, 1868; London Guildhall, 1897
• Frères Ignorantins (1868). Medium: oil. Dudley Gallery, 1868
• Through the Wood (1868). Medium: oil. Exhibited at the Dudley Gallery winter exhibition, 1868. Nothing further is known about this painting
• Eyre Evans Crowe (c.1868). Size: 40 x 24 inches. International Portrait Exhibition, 1868
• Returning from Church (1869). Medium: oil. Dudley Gallery, 1869; Gallery of the New British Institution (German war charity exhibition), 1870
• The Village Fountain (1869). Medium: oil. Dudley Gallery, 1869
• The Jacobite (1869). Medium: oil. Royal Horticultural Society exhibition, South Kensington, 1872
• Friends (1871). Medium: oil. Bristol Academy for the Promotion of Fine Arts 1875
• After a Run (1873). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1873; International Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876
• At the Pit-Door (1873). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1873; Alexander Gallery, London (Victorian Panorama exhibition), 1976
• Brothers of the Brush (1873). Medium: oil; Mr Lefevre’s Gallery, King Street, St James, 1881-1882; Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition 1888
• The French Savants in Egypt, 1798 (1875). Paris Exposition Universelle, 1878
• Prayer (1877). Paris Exposition Universelle, 1878
• Hodge (1877). Medium: oil. Dudley Gallery, 1877
• Initials (1877). Medium: oil. Dudley Gallery, 1877
• School Treat (1878). Medium: oil. Newcastle Arts Association, 1878
• Explosion of the Cashmere Gate at Delhi, Sept. 14, 1857 (1881). Medium: oil. Manchester Royal Institution 1882; St Jude’s, Whitechapel, 1886; Dore Galleries 1914
• School at the Aitre, St. Maclou, Rouen (1883). Medium: oil. St Jude’s, Whitechapel, 1885
• Hougoumont, June 1815, the Day after the Battle (1886). Medium: oil. St Jude’s, Whitechapel, 1887
• Convicts at Work, Portsmouth (1887). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1887; Paris Exposition Universelle, 1889
• Nelson Leaving England for the Last Time (1888). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1888; Naval Exhibition, 1891
• Military Honours (1889). Medium: oil. Dundee, Victoria Jubilee Art Galleries inauguration, 1889
• The Founder of English Astronomy / Horrocks Seeing the Actual Transit of Venus (1891). Medium: oil. Liverpool, 1891; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, astronomy display early 2000s
• Sir Joseph Archer Crowe K.C.M.G. (1891). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, exhibition of works by recently deceased members, 1922
• Writing a Message to St Helena (1891). Medium: oil. Manchester, 1891
• Thomas Carlyle Looking at the Duke of Buccleuch’s Miniatures of Cromwell, his Wife and Daughter (1895). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1895; Manchester, 1895
• Fishermen’s Home, Great Yarmouth (1895). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1895; Düsseldorf, 1906
• A Baptism in the Cathedral of Newcastle upon Tyne / Parson Christening Children (1895). Medium: oil. Leeds City Art Gallery spring exhibition 1896
• Drawing Lots for the Guelph Succession at Celle, A.D. 1592 (1896). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1896; Liverpool, 1896
• The Crow-Boy (1897). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1897; Liverpool, 1897
• The Gipsy’s Rest / The Gipsy Encampment (1897). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1897; Liverpool, 1897
• Crossing the Brook (1899). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1899; Manchester, 1899; London Guildhall, 1900
• J F Millet in his Studio at Barbizon (1899). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1899; Manchester, 1899
• On the Boulogne Ramparts (1899). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1899; Liverpool, 1899
• The Way to the Farm / A Country Lane (1899). Medium: oil. Royal Academy, 1899; Liverpool, 1899
• The Rt. Hon. John Bright, M.P., at the Reform Club, 1883 (1904). Medium: oil on panel. Royal Academy, 1904; Liverpool, 1906

The following pictures have been exhibited at special exhibitions since Eyre Crowe’s death. For pictures on permanent display, see the Pictures in Galleries page:

• Slaves Waiting for Sale: Richmond, Virginia (1861). Medium: oil. Manchester and Birmingham, ‘Black Victorians’, 2005-6; ‘To Be Sold: Virginia and the American Slave Trade’, Library of Virginia, 2014
• The Dinner Hour, Wigan (1874). Medium: oil. Manchester City Art Gallery, 1938; Storey Institute, Lancaster, 1951; Geneva, 1957; Manchester, 1968; Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff, 1970; Manchester, ‘Hard Times: Social Realism in Victorian Art’, 1987
• ‘Sandwiches’ (1881). Medium: oil. Manchester, ‘Hard Times: Social Realism in Victorian Art’, 1987
• Convicts at Work, Portsmouth (1887). Medium: oil. Manchester, ‘Hard Times: Social Realism in Victorian Art’, 1987
• Sketches for Lady Coventry’s Escort (1892). University of Minnesota, ‘The Art of Mind of Victorian England: Paintings from the Forbes Magazine Collection’, 1974
• At the Doré Galleries, 1914: Benjamin Franklin at Watt’s in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, AD 1725 (1858); Explosion at the Cashmere Gate at Delhi, Sept. 14, 1857 (1881); Charles II Knighting the Loin of Beef (1867); Mary Stuart, February 8th 1586 (1868); Art School, Salisbury [unknown – possibly Competitive Examination (1866)
• J F Millet in his Studio at Barbizon (1899) – under title The Studio. ‘Victorian and Edwardian Decorative Art: The Handley-Read Collection’, Royal Academy 4 March-30 April 1972; Handley-Read Paintings exhibition at the Fine Arts Society, 1974