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- Title:
Private View of the Royal Academy
- Date:
- 1858
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 3/4 × 4 1/8 inches (9.5 × 10.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in pen and black ink, lower center: "Royal 1858 Academy. | when you visit this Institution if you are desirous | of avoiding the crowd get there before breakfast, some | where about this time. 9 A.M. | London Guide"
Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: "Wil[...] Payne"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1986.29.155
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- art | coats | crowd | dresses | exhibitions | frames (furnishings) | gallery | genre subject | gowns | hats, top | paintings | people | skirts (garments)
- Associated Places:
- City of Westminster | Greater London | London | Royal Academy
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1798
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