Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Richard Earlom, 1743–1822, British

after Michel Vincent Brandoin, 1733–1807, Swiss
Title:
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Painting 1771
Date:
1772
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 1/2 x 22in. (47 x 55.9cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.798
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
people | skirts (garments) | genre subject | art | gallery | hats, top | dresses | exhibitions | paintings | crowd | coats | frames (furnishings) | gowns
Associated Places:
Greater London | City of Westminster | London | Royal Academy
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
First Academies - Benjamin West and the Founding of the RA and PAFA (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2018-03-09 - 2018-06-03)

The Pursuit of Happiness - A View of Life in Georgian England (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-09-18)
Publications:
James Barry, James Barry, 1741-1806, 'the great historical painter' , Crawford Art Gallery Gandon, Cork Kinsdale, 2005, p. 38, NJ18 B2425 J35 2005 + (YCBA)

Loyd Grossman, Benjamin West and the struggle to be modern, Merrell, London: New York, 2015, p. 37, fig. 16, NJ18.W52 G76 2015 (YCBA)

Justin Lovill, 1776 : A London Chronicle or How to Divert Oneself while Losing an Empire, The Bunbury Press, London, 2019, p. 141, DA682 .L66 2019 (LC) (YCBA)

J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 47, 101, no. 77, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA)

David H. Solkin, Art on the Line : the Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780-1836, , Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, 2001, pp. 17, 40-42, fig. 31, N5054 A78 2001B (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45567