J. Fenton, School of genius (2006); S. Hutchison, The History of the Royal Academy 1786-1986 (1986), esp. p.117.
Summary Note
The text is in heroic couplets. It includes criticism of the method of selection for the Royal Academy's annual open exhibition.
Immediate source of Acquisition
Copy 1: Presented by, William Roberts in , 1939.
Copy 2: Purchased on, 12 December 2008.
Copy 3: Provenance untraced.
Copy Note
Copy 1: The original publisher's green paper wrappers are bound in. The verso of the upper wrapper is inscribed in ink: 'John E. Soden, artist, / ex domestic subjects at / R.A. 1861-87, British / Institution & chiefly at the / Suffolk Street Galleries. / WR' [i.e. monogram of William Roberts, R.A.]. The title-page is inscribed in pencil by an earlier hand: ' - by John. E. Soden. - '
Copy 2: Page [3] inscribed in ink: 'Presented by Frank Atkinson' [?]. With the library stamp of the Crichton Club on title-page and p.30. Front pastedown inscribed in pencil: L. V. Fildes / London / 1907.
Binding Note
Copy 1: 20th-century green morocco, upper and lower covers decorated with gilt borders; spine lettered 'A Rap At The R.A. - Soden - 1875'.
Copy 2: Late 19th-century morocco-grained maroon cloth (faded). Bound with a copy of: The Royal Academy and the Hanging Committee (London: E. T. Whitfield, 1874) and The Royal Academy [i.e. 'Extracts from leading articles in the press, on debate in House of Commons, 9th May 1876'] (London: E T. Whitfield, 1876).
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