The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting, in the year 1771 from an original drawing in the possession of Robt. Sayer / [graphic]Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmakerpublished as the act directs, 20 May 1772.engThe exhibition room of the Royal Academy in Pall Mall is crowded with visitors conversing or looking at the three walls covered with pictures up to the cornice which supports a top light. The fashionably dressed crowd hold catalogues, stoop to look at pictures, or discuss pictures with their companions. One older woman and a boy, looking dejected, sit on a bench in the center of the crowd of art connoisseursTitle from item.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.