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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
2006,U.899
Description
Key to Zoffany's painting of the 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 Ink
Producer name
After:
Johan Joseph Zoffany
School/style
British
Production date
1772-1850
(circa)
Materials
paper
Dimensions
Height:
510 millimetres
(sheet)
Width:
688 millimetres
(sheet)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
After the painting in the Royal collection, for which there is a related drawing in the BM collection: 1923,0714.10.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
art academy
british costume 18thc
nude
anatomy
Associated names
Portrait of:
Johan Joseph Zoffany
Portrait of:
Benjamin West
Portrait of:
Francis Hayman
Portrait of:
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of:
Dr William Hunter
Portrait of:
Richard Yeo
Portrait of:
Francesco Zuccarelli
Portrait of:
Edward Burch
Portrait of:
George Michael Moser
Portrait of:
Nathaniel Hone
Portrait of:
Richard Cosway
Portrait of:
Angelica Kauffman
Portrait of:
Mary Moser
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
London
Acquisition date
1850-1890
(circa)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
2006,U.899