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Object Type
print
Museum number
1872,0608.67
Title
Object:
The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting, in the year 1771
Description
A group of fashionably attired gentlemen and ladies, in the original exhibition room at the Royal Academy, studying and admiring the paintings; published state. 1772 Mezzotint with etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Richard Earlom
After:
Michel Vincent Brandoin
Published by:
Robert Sayer
School/style
British
Production date
1772
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
etching
Dimensions
Height:
469 millimetres
Width:
559 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For further information see 1870,0625.615
Bibliographic references
Wessely 1886 / Richard Earlom, Verzeichniss seiner Radirungen und Schabkunstblätter
(101.II)
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(44)
BM Satires / Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(5089)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
british costume 18thc
art
exhibition hall
Associated places
Associated with:
London
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Nathaniel Thomas Wetherell
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1872,0608.67