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

Henry Blackburn editor

RA Collection: Book

Record number

25/337

Author

Henry Blackburn, editor

Imprint

London: W. H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, S.W., 1885

Physical Description

206 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. 3. 1885.

General Note

At Head of title page: Third Year. 1885.
Cover title: 1885 Academy sketches; including various exhibitions / edited by Henry Blackburn
With 24 unnumbered pages of advertisements bound at the front, and 60 pages at the rear, including a 43 page list of `Books, &c., issued by Messrs. W. H. Allen & Co.' dated May 1885.

Contents

Preface -- Index of illustrations -- The Royal Academy -- Grosvenor Gallery -- Royal Society of Painters in Water Colours -- Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours -- Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall East

Reproductions

A digitised copy of the 1885 RA annual exhibition catalogue, the subject of this publication, can be viewed here: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/exhibition-catalogue/ra-sec-vol117-1885

Binding Note

Pale blue paper covers lettered in red and black.

Name as Subject

Contributors

W. H. Allen & Co., publisher