VOLUME 84 (2022)
A Biographical Dictionary of
Royal Academy Students, 1769-1830
by Martin Myrone
Volume 84 is for sale exclusively through Thomas Heneage Art Books.
An essential new reference work for students of 18th and 19th century British art, A Biographical Dictionary of Royal Academy Students 1769-1830 records every student known to have attended the RA schools in London during its first six decades.
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The book contains 1,800 biographical entries and draws on extensive new archival research, offering a comprehensive account of the extraordinarily diverse life stories of former RA students and an unprecedented overview of British art during the Romantic period.
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It provides a revealing new context for such familiar figures as John Constable, William Blake and J.M.W. Turner, and a wealth of fresh information about three generations of obscure, forgotten or previously unknown British painters, sculptors, engravers and architects.
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As the first national art school, enjoying Royal patronage, prestige and prominence, the Royal Academy has a pivotal role in British art history, with almost every notable figure of the era passing through its walls.
Members of The Walpole Society can access a digital facsimile of Volume 84
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"Myrone’s book will prove to be an indispensable reference work
for anyone with a serious interest in British art studies
& the history of the art academy."
DR MARTIN POSTLE
SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW,
THE PAUL MELLON CENTRE
FOR STUDIES IN BRITISH ART
Martin Myrone spent over twenty years at Tate, latterly as Senior Curator, Pre-1800 British Art. His many exhibitions included John Martin (2011), William Blake (2019) and Hogarth and Europe (2021). He is a Trustee of The Walpole Society, and Head of Grants, Fellowships & Networks at the Paul Mellon Centre. His most recent book is Making the Modern Artist: Culture, Class and Art-Educational Opportunity in Romantic Britain (2020).
FORMAT: hardback
ISBN: 9781916256422
PUBLISHED: 9 January 2023
PUBLISHER: The Walpole Society
SIZE: 605 pages, 270 x 205 mm
ILLUSTRATIONS: 1 col. (frontispiece)
IMAGES
IMAGE
Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827), Auguste Charles Pugin (1768/9-1832) and John Bluck (1791-1832)
Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, 1808 [detail]
Hand-coloured etching and aquatint, 27.6 x 33.9 cm (the sheet)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Elisha Whittlesey Collection, 1959 (Acc 59.533.2084)
Public Domain