William Wynne Ryland
Allegory of the Royal Academy of Arts

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Allegory of the Royal Academy of Arts
Date1779
MediumStipple engraving in colors
Dimensions249 × 227 mm
Plate or block: 9 3/4 × 8 7/8 in. (24.8 × 22.5 cm)
Sheet: 10 5/16 × 9 in. (26.2 × 22.9 cm)
Mat (mat): 18 7/8 × 13 3/4in. (47.9 × 34.9cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1997.20
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt-am-Main]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1997.


Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: on dais: ROYAL ACAD[EMY] / OF ARTS / INSTITUTED MDCCLXVIII; below image: G. B. Cipriani Invent / W. W. Ryland Fecit / BRITANNIA directing PAINTING, SCULPTURE, and ARCHITECTURE, / to address themselves to ROYAL MUNIFICENCE, who receives and offers / them protection and rewards. / Published Aug. 18. 1779 at No159 Strand London.

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