Title page to the catalogue of the 1782 Academy exhibition catalogue

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 8 of 153 in this group

Reference code

AND/5/8

Title

Title page to the catalogue of the 1782 Academy exhibition catalogue

Date

1782

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Pasted to the cover is a press cutting, advertising the opening of the exhibtion. On the reverse is a further cutting, aslso from 1782, laying out five basic principles to bear in mind when one is forming an opinion about a painting (source unknown). Anderdon appends a brief paragraph of the number of exhibits sent by Sir Joshua.