Their Majesties and the Royal Family Viewing the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1788
Pietro Antonio Martini, Italian, 1738 - 1797
after Johann Heinrich Ramberg, German, 1763 - 1840
1789
Engraving on laid paper
Impression: 15 × 20 in. (38.1 × 50.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.953.64
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Printed, lower left: The Portraits Design'd by P. Ramberg; lower left: P. Martini Scullp.t; center: PORTRAITS OF THEIR MAJESTY'S AND THE ROYAL FAMILY / Viewing the Exibition (sic) of the Royal Academy, 1788. / Pub.d March 6, 1789 by A. Poggi, St. Georges Row, Hyde Park
Course History
ARTH 83, History of Museums and Collecting, Joy Kenseth, Spring 2015
Exhibition History
Selections from the Permanent Collection: An Introduction to the History of Art From the Year 1500 to the Present, Art 2, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 11-March 7, 1993.
The Art of Spectatorship: A History of Viewing from the Renaissance to the Present Day, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 2, Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 19-April 6, 2008.
Provenance
The Old Print Shop, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1953.
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