A discourse, delivered to the students of the Royal Academy on the distribution of the prizes, December 10, 1782 / by the president [Sir Joshua Reynolds]
London: Printed by Thomas Cadell, Printer to the Royal Academy, MDCCLXXXIII
Physical Description
28 pages ; 27 cm.
Series Title
Reynolds Discourse: XI.
General Note
The president = Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Half-title: ’A discourse, &c.’
Reynolds' 11th Discourse.
"[ Price Three Shillings. ]" [Half-title].
References
ESTC, T31957
Hilles, F.W. The literary career of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1936, 16.
Summary Note
Reynolds's first Discourse was delivered at the opening of the Academy on 2 January 1769; the remainder were delivered in December at the Academy's awards of prizes to students - numbers II-V annually (1769-1772), numbers VI-XV every two years (1774-1790) with the exception of number IX, delivered in October 1780 to mark the Academy's move into Somerset House.
Provenance
Inscribed in black ink at the head of the half-title: `Dec:r 10.th ---. 1782.' And in another hand below this: `from H.W. Drummond [?] to Joseph Durham [?]. (Walpole's Copy)'. [Possibly the politician, banker and poet Henry Drummond (1786-1860) to Joseph Durham ARA (1814-1877). Inscribed in black ink in another hand next to the first paragraph on page 17: `Dutch painters we despise - The grand effect our study is - Their trifling we neglect. ---'
Art - Painting - Theory
Student competitions - Students - Great Britain - London - 18th century
Speeches - Lectures - Great Britain - London - 18th century