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William Hunter's life class for the Royal Academy of Art at old Somerset House. Mezzotint, 1783, after J. Zoffany.

People looking at the pictures on exhibition at the Royal Academy, London. Engraving by Radclyffe after Sargent.

The life school at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, with William Hunter, left, teaching anatomy. Drawing attributed to Elias Martin, ca. 1770.

The Royal Academy of Arts and its anatomical teachings : with an examination of the art-anatomy practices during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in Britain / Anne Carol Darlington.

The history of the Royal Academy 1768-1968 / Sidney C. Hutchison.

The Farington diary / edited by James Greig.

An artist seated on a rock at the sea shore and oblivious to the rising tide. Engraving by H. Rolls, 1835, after R.W. Buss.

Making history : antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 / [David Starkey ; with contributions from David Gaimster and Bernard Nurse].

The exhibition of the Royal Academy, M,DCC,XCVII. The twenty-ninth

The painted page : Italian Renaissance book illumination, 1450-1550 / edited by Jonathan J.G. Alexander ; with contributions by Jonathan J.G. Alexander [and others].

Turks : a journey of a thousand years, 600-1600 / edited by David J. Roxburgh.

Vienna Secession. Art nouveau to 1970 : (Exhibition.) Royal Academy of Arts, London. 9 Jan.-7 March 1971 / (ed. and selection of pictures: Gemeinschaft Bildender Künstler Wiener Secession.).

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Making history : antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 / [David Starkey ; with contributions from David Gaimster and Bernard Nurse].

The exhibition of the Royal Academy, M,DCC,XCVII. The twenty-ninth

The painted page : Italian Renaissance book illumination, 1450-1550 / edited by Jonathan J.G. Alexander ; with contributions by Jonathan J.G. Alexander [and others].

Turks : a journey of a thousand years, 600-1600 / edited by David J. Roxburgh.

Vienna Secession. Art nouveau to 1970 : (Exhibition.) Royal Academy of Arts, London. 9 Jan.-7 March 1971 / (ed. and selection of pictures: Gemeinschaft Bildender Künstler Wiener Secession.).

Royal Academy of Arts

Images from the collections

Images produced by Royal Academy of Arts

Images referencing Royal Academy of Arts

Works from the collections

Making history : antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 / [David Starkey ; with contributions from David Gaimster and Bernard Nurse].

The exhibition of the Royal Academy, M,DCC,XCVII. The twenty-ninth

The painted page : Italian Renaissance book illumination, 1450-1550 / edited by Jonathan J.G. Alexander ; with contributions by Jonathan J.G. Alexander [and others].

Turks : a journey of a thousand years, 600-1600 / edited by David J. Roxburgh.

Vienna Secession. Art nouveau to 1970 : (Exhibition.) Royal Academy of Arts, London. 9 Jan.-7 March 1971 / (ed. and selection of pictures: Gemeinschaft Bildender Künstler Wiener Secession.).

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