print
- Museum number
- G,6.101
- Title
- Object: Portraits of Their Majesty'd and the Royal Family viewing the Exhibition of the Royal Academy. 1788
- Description
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The Great Room at the Royal Academy, in Somerset House, during the exhibition; the royal family standing in centre, other groups of elegantly dressed figures on either side attending the exhibition; paintings crowd the walls below the large dome with skylights. 1788
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1788
- Dimensions
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Height: 353 millimetres
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Width: 490 millimetres (trimmed)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- For a similar design by the same artists, but with satirical humour, see G,6.102 and 1871,1209.591; for an impression of the same print intended to be used as a fan, see 1891,0713.388; for keys, see 1892,0714.746 and 2010,7081.7416.
For a note on Crowle's extra-illustrated Pennant see G,1.1
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Annual exhibition at the Royal Academy 1788
- Acquisition date
- 1811
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- G,6.101