In 1855 Hick exhibited two pieces from his collection of art works: "The Stag Hunt" and "Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham" by John Callcott Horsley in the Fine Art Division of the Exposition Universelle (1855) alongside his father-in-law William Bashall who presented "The Madrigal", also by Horsley. Hick and Bashall used the same pair again for the 1857 Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester with "Cupid and Psyche" by Benjamin West PRA and "Crossing the Brook" by Paul Falconer Poole.