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The Earwig; 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 . .
by ANONYMOUS
- Used
- Condition
- Fine copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1781, 1781. First edition. ESTC T32385 records eight locations in the British Isles and three in the US (Getty, Texas and Yale). Fine copy.. 4to, recent red quarter morocco period style by Philip Dusel, marbled paper boards, gilt rules, decorations and lettering. A satirical review of an imaginary exhibition by real artists at the Royal Academy, dedicated to Joshua Reynolds, a founder and the first president of the Academy. The anonymous author makes fun of the pretentions of the Academy and its guidelines in choosing members. In the preface, Petit Mot Pour Rire ("a small joke"), Academy founder Johann Zoffany is subject to a particularly unfriendly tale of how he acquired his fame. This is followed by the review of the fictitious paintings, with prefatory remarks on the "revolution of taste in the Polite Arts" ("the love of novelty is particularly remarkable . . .") and an addenda with an assessment of the new quarters of the Royal Academy at New Somerset House, where it moved in 1780. The author apparently was not a member of the Academy.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26419
- Title
- The Earwig; 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 . .
- Author
- ANONYMOUS
- Format/Binding
- ESTC T32385 records eight locations in the British Isles and three in the US (Getty, Texas and Yale)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1781
- Date Published
- 1781
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The Brick Row Book Shop
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