Royal Academy Exhibition of 1830 was an art exhibition that took place at Somerset House in London between 3 May and 24 July 1830. It was the annual Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts. It was the last to be held during the reign of George IV who died in June while the exhibition was in progress and was succeeded by his younger brother William IV.

The President of the Royal Academy Thomas Lawrence had died suddenly in January and the Irish portraitist Martin Archer Shee was elected to succeed him.^[1] Lawrence's friend J.M.W. Turner produced a watercolor The Funeral of Sir Thomas Lawrence depicting his burial at St Paul's Cathedral which he exhibited.^[2] A number of the final works by Lawrence were posthumously exhibited to public and critical acclaim including his Portrait of Lord Aberdeen. Lawrence had dominated portraiture during the Regency era there was much press speculation about which other painters would fill his shoes.^[3]

Turner also exhibited the biblical painting Pilate Washing his Hands which met with a rough reception from critics.^[4] Likewise Jessica based on the Shakespeare character from the The Merchant of Venice received very harsh reviews. Gilbert Stuart Newton displayed a more conventional version Shylock and Jessica.^[5] He also featured two landscape paintings from his recent visit to Italy. John Constable sent in several works including Helmingham Dell and a view of Hampstead Heath but his Water Meadows near Salisbury was rejected. ^[6]

Scottish artist David Wilkie exhibited his The Entrance of George IV at Holyroodhouse which he has been working on since George IV's Visit to Scotland in 1822. He also displayed a Portrait of George IV in Highland Dress which was very badly received.^[7] The American artist Thomas Cole made his debut at the academy and exhibited two landscapes - a depiction of the memorial to General Isaac Brock at Queenstown Heights in Canada and a View of New Hampshire.^[8] The French romantic painter Eugene Delacroix showed his The Murder of the Bishop of Liège inspired by the novel Quentin Durward by Walter Scott under the title The Boar of Ardenne.^[9]

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  Portrait of Lord Aberdeen by Thomas Lawrence
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  Caroline Fry by Thomas Lawrence
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  Portrait of the Countess of Belfast by Thomas Lawrence
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  George IV in Highland Dress by David Wilkie
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  The Entrance of George IV at Holyroodhouse by David Wilkie
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  Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed by William Etty
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  The Storm by William Etty
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  Venus Rising from her Couch by James Ward
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  Diana at the Bath by James Ward
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  Shylock and Jessica by Gilbert Stuart Newton
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  Jessica by J.M.W. Turner
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  Pilate Washing his Hands by J.M.W. Turner
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  The Funeral of Sir Thomas Lawrence by J.M.W. Turner
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  Palestrina - Composition by J.M.W. Turner
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  Calais Sands at Low Water
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  Helmingham Dell by John Constable
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  Water Meadows near Salisbury by John Constable
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  Tomb of General Brock, Queenstown Heights by Thomas Cole
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  Princess Victoria by Richard Westall
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  Portrait of the Duke of Chandos by John Jackson
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  Portrait of Sir John Soane by John Jackson
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  The Guerilla's Return by David Wilkie
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  The Passage Point by Augustus Wall Callcott
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  A Brisk Gale. A Dutch East-Indiaman Landing Passengers by Augustus Wall Callcott
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  Attachment by Edwin Landseer
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  The Murder of the Bishop of Liège by Eugène Delacroix

• Royal Academy Exhibition of 1831, the following year's exhibition
• Salon of 1831 an exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris

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• Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin & Barringer, Tim. Thomas Cole's Journey: Atlantic Crossings. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018.
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