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1.
Bless thee, Bottom, bless thee, thou art translated. Shakespere [sic] [graphic].

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1794]
Call Number:
794.01.01.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Bottom sits in an arm-chair directed to the left, wearing spectacles on his ass's forehead. In his right hand is a piece of charcoal in a holder, in his left is a paper, which he is studying. Above his head is etched 'Apollo'. On the left stands a ma...
Description:
Title from caption below image, a line from a speech by the character Quince, from Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream, iii.1.121.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Wilton, Joseph, 1722-1803, Richards, John Inigo, 1731-1810, Phidias, approximately 500 B.C.-approximately 430 B.C., Raphael, 1483-1520., Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), and Apollo (Deity)
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials, Artists' models, and Sculptors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Bless thee, Bottom, bless thee, thou art translated. Shakespere [sic] [graphic].

2.
The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting, in the year 1771 from an original drawing in the

Creator:
Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs, 20 May 1772.
Call Number:
772.05.20.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The 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...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Art exhibitions, Galleries & museums, Hats, Paintings, and Spectators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting, in the year 1771 from an original drawing in the possession of Robt. Sayer / [graphic]

3.
St. Jame's Street in an uproar, or, The quack artist and his assailants [graphic]

Creator:
Marks, John Lewis, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately February 1819]
Call Number:
819.02.00.04
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fashionable carriages throng the west side of St. James's Street, stopping outside a house with a pilastered door (right) above which is a notice: 'Chalk Drawing'. A dense crowd of tiny figures enters. The crowd is watched intently by Haydon who stan...
Alternative Title:
St. James's Street in an uproar and Quack artist and his assailants
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
St. James's (London, England),, England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846, Landseer, Thomas, 1795-1880., Bewick, William, 1795-1866., Carey, William, 1759-1839., Saint James's Palace (London, England),, and Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Artists, British, Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Signs (Notices), and Geese
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > St. Jame's Street in an uproar, or, The quack artist and his assailants [graphic]

4.
[Notes on art], [ca. 1794 or later].

Creator:
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792
Call Number:
Osborn fc116
Image Count:
83
Abstract:
Manuscripts, in numerous hands, of a collection of notes on art. The collection includes numerous lists of works Reynolds saw while visiting Italian museums, houses, and private collections; a pencil drawing of a country house; and an undated letter ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Italy., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Hume, Abraham, Sir, bart., 1749-1838., Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792., and Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Art, English poetry, Memorandums, Odes, Painting, and Social life and customs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Notes on art], [ca. 1794 or later].

5.
Facts and recollections of the XVIIIth century in a memoir of John Francis Rigaud Esq., R.A

Creator:
Rigaud, Stephen Francis Dutilh, 1777-1861
Call Number:
Osborn d76
Image Count:
468
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript describes the career of John Francis Rigaud (1742-1810) in detail and includes discussion of his painting techniques. There are frequent mentions of the Royal Academy. Accompanied by seven related pieces concerning the Rigaud and Dutilh fam...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dutilh family., Rigaud family., Rigaud, J. F. 1742-1810. (John Francis),, Rigaud, Stephen Francis Dutilh, 1777-1861., and Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Painting, and Technique
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Facts and recollections of the XVIIIth century in a memoir of John Francis Rigaud Esq., R.A. : member of the Clementine Academy of Bologna, Royal Academician of Stockholm, and historical painter to Gustavus IV. King of Sweden. With poetical remains of Mrs. Mary Rigaud by their son Stephen Francis Dutilh Rigaud, member, and one of the founders of the First Society of Painters in Water Colours, instituted in 1805, 1854

6.
Drawing from life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House) [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1808]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Collection Title:
V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene within the drawing school at the Royal Academy; a male life model poses while the academicians sit in a semi circle drawing, a large lamp above model directs light onto the subject; busts and other sculptures line walls of the room."--British M...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 Jany. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) and Somerset House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Drawing from life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House) [graphic]

7.
Drawing from life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House) [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
Collection Title:
V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene within the drawing school at the Royal Academy; a male life model poses while the academicians sit in a semi circle drawing, a large lamp above model directs light onto the subject; busts and other sculptures line walls of the room."--British M...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 Jany. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) and Somerset House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Drawing from life at the Royal Academy, (Somerset House) [graphic]

8.
Exhibition room, Somerset House [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 January 1808]
Call Number:
Quarto 646 808 M58 v.1
Collection Title:
V. 1 Microcosm of London.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in the Great Room in the Royal Academy, during an exhibition; a large crowd of colourful characters gathers in the space, some chatting in small groups, others admiring the paintings that fill the walls, reaching from floor level to the ceiling...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1 Jany. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) and Somerset House (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Crowds, Galleries & museums, and Interiors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Exhibition room, Somerset House [graphic]

9.
Mike Marall and Paul Peruke meet at the Royal Academy among other geniuses, Master Tom Tiptoe

Published / Created:
[1845?]
Call Number:
845.00.00.53
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consists of three panels in a horizontal row, each individually captioned in letterpress below showing an artists competition in the Royal Academe
Description:
Title from text below leftmost image.
Publisher:
J. Lendrum
Subject (Name):
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mike Marall and Paul Peruke meet at the Royal Academy among other geniuses, Master Tom Tiptoe [graphic].