Portraits des premiers fondateurs de l'Académie Anglaise des Beaux-Arts (Portraits of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts, London), from "L'Univers Illustré" October 2, 1862 Mason Jackson Published in a French journal, this wood engraving reproduces a 1771-72 painting by Zoffany (Royal Collection) portraying members of the Royal Academy at its foundation in 1768, plus several men recently elected. The group gathers here in the life drawing room at Old Somerset House with casts of classical sculpture behind indicatingi reverence for that tradition. Two female members appear as por
Portraits des premiers fondateurs de l'Académie Anglaise des Beaux-Arts (Portraits of the founding members of the Royal Academy of Arts, London), from "L'Univers Illustré" October 2, 1862 Mason Jackson Published in a French journal, this wood engraving reproduces a 1771-72 painting by Zoffany (Royal Collection) portraying members of the Royal Academy at its foundation in 1768, plus several men recently elected. The group gathers here in the life drawing room at Old Somerset House with casts of classical sculpture behind indicatingi reverence for that tradition. Two female members appear as portraits on the wall, since it was considered unseemly at this time for women to draw from male nudes in a public setting. Mason's print, published in the "L’Univers Illustré," demonstrates French interest in the history of British art. The portraits include:Johann Joseph Zoffany (1733–1810), German born painter (lower left, seated and holding a palette).John Gwynn (1713–1786), architect (in profile, above West).Benjamin West (1738–1820), American-born painter (above Gwynn, full length, with bent knee).Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727–1785), Italian-born painter (in profile, upper left).Mason Chamberlin (1727–1787), portrait painter (seated, by West's knee).Joseph Wilton (1722–1803), sculptor (above Chamberlin).George Barret (1732–1784), landscape painter (above Wilton, next to West's shoulder).Tan-che-qua, Chinese born modeller, a visitor to the Royal Academy Schools in 1771 (above Barret).Jeremiah Meyer (1735–1789), miniature painter (above and slightly right of Tan-che-qua).Dominic Serres (1719–1793), marine painter (above and slightly right of Meyer).Francis Hayman (1708–1776), painter (seated in the front row with feet spread and hands on knees).Paul Sandby (1725–1809) and Thomas (1721–98) Sandby, brothers and painters (in conversation, above and to the left of Hayman).William Tyler (1728 –1801), sculptor and architect (to the right of Sandby).
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