Sujet

Artists in front of the Royal Academy, Somerset House, London, 1797. Artist: James Gillray

Légende

'Titianus redivivius; or the seven wise men consulting the new Venetian oracle. - A scene in ye Academic Grove, No.1', 1797; scene showing artists in front of the Royal Academy at Somerset House in London. Miss Provis stands on a rainbow daubing paint on the face of Titian. Joshua Reynold's ghost appears from the paved floor in the foreground. On the right John Boydell and two companions run off furtively. The seven artists sitting in the light of the rainbow include Joseph Farington, John Opie, and Richard Westall.

Date

1797

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A75_357

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,9Mo) / 31,1cm x 40,3cm / 3670 x 4760 (300dpi)

Mots clés

weather London England people male job man men arts painting bird birds entertainment money finance rainbow sculpture art guy occupation fire British ghost death artist Westminster century Britain profession paintbrush cherub concept personality Phoenix mythology B&W MONOCHROME putto phantom mythical creature black & white black and white B W 18th century Eighteenth Century City of Westminster Guildhall Library & Art Gallery defamation mythical beast putti Royal Academy Somerset House TGN John Boydell John Opie Joseph Farington Richard Westall Sir Joshua Reynolds Titian etching satire John Richard James Gillray Boydell Joshua Tiziano Vecelli Tiziano Vecellio Vecellio Tiziano Reynolds Sir Joshua Joshua Reynolds Westall Opie Faringto Gillray James