1593000276000 1578573303000 Standard Record object-240040 1747160870974 1711459765000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-240040 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240040 d5056c6f-0e89-3e66-af32-b8b34439801a 7 reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print Paintings, Drawings and Prints After the pen and watercolour drawing by Michel Vincent Brandoin (1733-1807), (1771; The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Sir Bruce Ingram Collection, 63.52.23). The top-lit gallery of the third Royal Academy Summer exhibition, the walls crowded with paintings, including James Barry's The Temptation of Adam (National Gallery of Ireland), which is flanked by two full-length portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, Mr Nuthall and Captain Wade. The satirical elements of the design include the flirtatiousness of the couple in the foreground mimicking the 'temptation' of Barry's painting and the boredom of the child who has fallen asleep on the bench at the centre. The male figure seen at centre right, who has a squint and wears a cocked hat, has been identified as the radical politician, John Wilkes, MP for Middlesex (1725-1797). P.14993-R 1 accession number P.14993-R 240040 priref 240040 Wessely (Earlom) 101.II Nagler (Künstler-Lexicon) 4.75 (p.54) BM Satires 5089 Chaloner Smith 44 (p.259; also addenda 44, ref p.259 as II/III) uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240040 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240040 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay, 1912 reference agent-149674 adlib-agent-149674 de1bf9dd-2091-39ca-85f6-41e736f6e32b Marlay, Charles Brinsley 1912 1912 1912 bequeathed 1772 1772 1772-05-20 1772 printmaker reference agent-40505 adlib-agent-40505 03455d24-ca07-3108-a545-1c0de4834fef Earlom, Richard publisher reference agent-121578 adlib-agent-121578 2b970d25-b59c-3a71-9199-a37caf65326e Sayer, Robert after draughtsman reference agent-6762 adlib-agent-6762 6c198779-a3b7-30b5-9218-0fec8256b64e Brandoin, Michel Vincent Mezzotint, printed in black ink. As published. Engraved within the inscription space over mezzotint ground, at lower left: 'Charles Brandoin inv.t et delin', at lower centre: 'R. Sayer Excudit', at lower right: 'Rich.d Earlom fecit'. The title below engraved in closed, roman letters: 'The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY of PAINTING in the YEAR 1771 / From an Original Drawing in the Possession of Rob.t Sayer'. Publication information at lower left and right: 'London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer No 53 Fleet Street ... 'Published as the Act directs 20 May 1772 [some letters partially burnished]'. Inscribed reference to Chaloner Smith in the margin at lower right: 'J.C.S. 44 I' [erroneous, as this is JCS.II] . Inscribed in graphite on the verso: 'CBM / duplicate'. The Fitzwilliam Museum also has an impression of JCS.I (before title and with the earlier publication date of May 15) which is part of the Founder's collection (see annotation in Wessely (Earlom), 101, p.42). The British Museum has a proof impression before all letters (1902,1011.901) and a proof before title and earlier publication date of May 15 (1868,0808.2639). Brandoin's drawing represents the first known depiction of the Royal Academy Summer exhibition. The exhibition held in 1771 was the third since founding of the institution in 1768 when it was still based at 125 Pall Mall, a set of auctioneer's rooms, prior to its move in 1780 to purpose-built rooms at Somerset House. Sayer published many of Brandoin's satirical drawings and is thought to have commissioned the drawing of the Royal Academy exhibition from the artist, holding back the publication of Earlom's print until the next exhibition in 1772 to maximise sales. reference term-136481 adlib-term-136481 ff114b08-4aa4-38d7-be1c-bf772a6edbea 18th Century reference term-98032 adlib-term-98032 82c0807b-e8e4-3d5c-ac68-1a6390880fea print reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference term-9168 adlib-term-9168 6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f British

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