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| 245 | 1 | 0 | $a The ear-wig, or, An old woman's remarks on the present exhibition of pictures of the Royal Academy : preceded by a petit mot pour rire, instead of a preface : including anecdotes of characters well known amongst the painters, observations on the causes of the decline of the arts, a description of the buildings of Somerset House, and the apartments occupied by the Royal Academy. Dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, R.A. |
| 246 | 3 | # | $a The earwig, or, An old woman's remarks on the present exhibition of pictures of the Royal Academy |
| 260 | # | # | $a London $b Printed for G. Kearsley, (no. 46,) Fleet-Street $c MDCCLXXXI $c [1781] |
| 300 | # | # | $a vii, [1], 23, [1] pages ; $b 25 cm. |
| 500 | # | # | $a At foot of front cover: `Entered at Stationers’-Hall' |
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$a James Hughes Anderdon (1790-1879) and William W. Whitley (1858-1942) have both suggested that the author of The Ear-Wig was the artist Mauritius Lowe (1746-1793), but this remains unconfirmed. See: RA Archives: AND/4/147. William T. Whitley, Thomas Gainsborough. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1915, p.175-76 |
| 510 | 0 | # | $a ESTC $c T32385 |
| 510 | 0 | # | $a For a contemporary review of this pamphlet see: The Critical Review: or, Annals of Literature by a Society of Gentlemen. Vol. 51. 1781, p.479-80. |
| 510 | 0 | # | $a The exhibition of the Royal Academy, MDCCLXXXI. The thirteenth. London, 1781. |
| 520 | 2 | # | $a The introduction (or petit mot pour rire) contains disparaging anecdotes about two painters, one being Johann Zoffany RA. This if followed by generally unflattering reviews of a selection of the works in the 1781 RA annual exhibition. An addenda gives an assessment of the new quarters of the Royal Academy at New Somerset House, where it moved in 1780. |
| 533 | # | # | $a A digitised copy of the 1781 RA annual exhibition catalogue, the subject of this review, can be viewed here: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/exhibition-catalogue/ra-sec-vol13-1781 |
| 600 | 1 | 4 | $a Zoffany, Johann |
| 610 | 2 | 4 | $a Royal Academy of Arts (London) |
| 653 | # | # | $a Painting, Modern 18th century Great Britain ; Exhibitions. |
| 653 | # | # | $a Royal Academy of Arts annual exhibition (13th : 1781 : London) |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Reynolds, Joshua $e dedicatee |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Kearsley, George $e publisher |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Lowe, Mauritius |