Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - CASTING A SATIRICAL EYE ON THE R.A. EXHIBITION OF 1797 -WILLIAMS (John, pseud. Anthony Pasquin, English poet and satirist, 1761-1818)A critical guide to the present exhibition at the Royal Academy, for 1797: Containing Admonitions to the Artists on their Misconception of Theological Subjects, and a complete Development of the Venetian Art of Colouring, as is now so much the Rage of Imitation. By John Williams, whose public appellation is Anthony Pasquin. (London): printed for H. D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row, P. Mcqueen, Exeter-Change, and T. Bellamy, King-Street, Covent-Garden, 1797. First edition. 24 p. Later pale green wraps. 8vo 20cm x 23.5cm.Very Good condition. Bound without the two leaves of adverts at rear. Wraps a bit creased. Title page with some age-toning. Light creasing to corners of some pages. Slight loss of paper to blank edge of one leaf, no text affected. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images.A rare pamphlet-style work, by John Williams, which casts a satirical eye over the Royal Academy's annual art exhibition in 1797. key words:
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Non-Fiction Subject: The Arts
Year Printed: 1797
Binding: Paperback
Author: John Williams
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: H. D. Symonds et al.
Place of Publication: London
