The Royal Academy of Arts, instituted by the King, in the year 1768 humbly dedicated to its royal patron by His Majesty's most faithfull [sic] subject, Robert Sayer / [graphic]

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Title: The Royal Academy of Arts, instituted by the King, in the year 1768 humbly dedicated to its royal patron by His Majesty's most faithfull [sic] subject, Robert Sayer / [graphic]
Creator: Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Contributor: Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: 2d August 1773.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published by Robt. Sayer at No. 53, in Fleet Street, as the Act directs
Abstract: "Members of the Royal Academy, gathered to draw from a model, a young man, being positioned on the right; most are conversing; in the foreground sits another model; on the wall, portraits of Angelica Kauffman and Mary Moser; behind the group, classical busts and casts, including an écorché; after the painting in the Royal Collection."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
For key to this print, see Royal Academy Catalogue vol. I, nr. 300.
John Chaloner Smith lists the artists portrayed.
Mounted on secondary paper support.
Provenance: Old Print Shop; 1959.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 52.9 x 73 cm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Drawer Portraits R888 no. 1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Portraits
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Mezzotints England London 1773
Material: mezzotint ;
Subject (Name): Hunter, William, 1718-1783
Burch, Edward, R.A.
Zuccarelli, Francesco, 1702-1788
Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Moser, Mary, 1744-1819
Moser, George Michael, 1706-1783
Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776
Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821
Subjects: Hunter, William, 1718-1783 > Portraits
Burch, Edward, R.A. > Portraits
Zuccarelli, Francesco, 1702-1788 > Portraits
Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810 > Portraits
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820 > Portraits
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792 > Portraits
Moser, Mary, 1744-1819 > Portraits
Moser, George Michael, 1706-1783 > Portraits
Kauffmann, Angelica, 1741-1807 > Portraits
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776 > Portraits
Cosway, Richard, 1740-1821 > Portraits
England > London > 1773

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Identifiers

Orbis Record: 11100433
Object ID (OID): 17328412