Academy Sketches ; a supplemental volume of sketches of paintings, water colours, etc. in the Royal Academy, Grosvenor Gallery, The New Gallery, and other exhibitions edited by Henry Blackburn

Henry Blackburn editor

RA Collection: Book

Record number

25/339

Author

Henry Blackburn, editor

Imprint

London: W. H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, S.W., 1888

Physical Description

xii, 222 pages : black & white illustrations ; 21 cm. (pbk).

Extent of Holdings

Academy Sketches was published annually between 1883 and 1894 and comprises of 12 volumes.

Series Title

Academy Sketches: No. 6. 1888.

General Note

At Head of title page: Sixth Year. 1888.
Cover title: 1888 Academy sketches including various exhibitions / edited by Henry Blackburn
With 26 pages of advertisements bound at the front, numbered i-xxvi; 15 pages at the rear, numbered 223-236, followed by a further six unnumbered pages of advertisements.

Contents

Preface -- Index of illustrations -- The Royal Academy -- The Grosvenor Gallery -- The New Gallery -- Royal Water Colour Society -- Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours -- The New English Art Club -- Paintings, drawings, and etchings of Japan by Mortimer Mempes, R.B.A., 160 New Bond Street, W. - The 19th Century Art Society, the Conduit Street Galleries

Reproductions

A digitised copy of the 1888 RA annual exhibition catalogue, the subject of this publication, can be viewed here: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/exhibition-catalogue/ra-sec-vol120-1888

Binding Note

Pale blue paper covers lettered in red and black.

Name as Subject

Contributors

W. H. Allen & Co., publisher