RA Collection: People and Organisations
History- and portrait-painter, and draughtsman. Studied at the Royal Academy schools in London (winning the first gold medal in 1769) and in Rome; active in London.
Born: 1746
Died: 1793
Gender: Male
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. - London: [1781]
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[copy] Samuel Johnson, to Joshua Reynolds
12 Apr 1783
Item AND/5/160
Index to the 1783 Academy catalogue
1783
Item AND/5/159
Extracts from three letters by Samuel Johnson
[c.1870]
Item AND/5/93
Anderdon's note on the attribution of 'The Earwig'
Item AND/4/147
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