Address To The Students Of The Royal Academy, Delivered Before The General Assembly, On The Distribution Of The Gold Medals, 10th December, 1831. (1833, 1835, 1837, 1839, 1841, 1845.) By Sir Martin Archer Shee, Knt. President.
London:: Printed By W. Clowes, 14, Charing Cross., 1832. (-MDCCCXLVII.)
Physical Description
7 vols. in one; 263 mm.
General Note
Vol. [1]: [4], 22 p. - [2]: [4], 24 p. - [3]: [4], [1] p. - [4]: [4], 27, [1] p. - [5]: [4], 29, [1] p. - [6]: [4], 33, [1] p. - [7]: 32 p.
Contents
Each volume follows the same format - title-page, dedication, address.
Responsibility Note
The printer is named as W. Clowes in the volume dated 1832, William Clowes in that dated 1834, W. Clowes and Sons in those dated 1836, 1840, William Clowes and Sons in those dated 1838, 1841, 1847.
Each address is dedicated by Martin Archer Shee, P.R.A., to the Members of the Royal Academy of Arts.
References
On Shee see: M.A. Shee, The life of Sir Martin Archer Shee (1860).
On art education see: A.D. Efland, A history of art education (1990); S.C. Hutchison, The history of the Royal Academy, 1768-1986 (1986); H.C. Morgan, 'The Schools of the Royal Academy', in British journal educ. stud., 21:1 (1973); N. Pevsner, Academies of art past and present (rev. ed. 1973); S. Macdonald, The history and philosophy of art education (1970).
Summary Note
Some of Sir Martin's earlier publications on art had been in verse - his Rhymes on art (1805) (in which he argued for British patronage of native artists), his Elements in art (1809), described by himself as 'rough sententious rhyme', and Commemoration of Reynolds and other poems (1814) . He was himself best known as a portrait-painter, though he also painted some historical and religious works. The Royal Academy holds his portrait of Queen Victoria (1842).
Binding Note
19th-century dark red morocco, dark red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Address To Students Archer Shee R.A.' Bound with discourses by C. Eastlake, P.R.A.