October 1856: The Art Union of Glasgow – Exhibition of Prize Pictures, in One of the Royal Exchange Rooms, Manchester

A short notice, on page four of the Manchester Weekly Examiner & Times (Manchester Times, in The British

Newspaper Archive) on Saturday the 18th of October, 1856, reads:

 

“THE ART UNION OF GLASGOW.—There is exhibiting

in one of the Royal Exchange rooms, Ducie Place, a

large number of oil paintings, water colour drawings, and

other works of art, which form the prizes offered by the

directors of the Glasgow Art Union. Some of these, indeed a

very large proportion, are pictures of high merit, and the scheme

is so liberal and bold that it undoubtedly deserves encouragement.

We believe that the courtesy of Mr. Lomax, of the Arcade, the

recognised agent of the association in Manchester, secures to any lady

or gentleman the opportunity of seeing the collection.”

 

 

 

The British Newspaper Archive.

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, July 2025.