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11. Crowds and Connoisseurs: Looking at Genre Painting at Somerset House
David H. Solkin
Description: Art on the Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780–1836
Art on the Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780–1836
THE HISTORY OF REGULAR PUBLIC ART EXHIBITIONS in London began in the early 1760s with scenes of turbulent confusion. Not only were there too many people, but there were too many viewers of the wrong sort; writing on behalf of the artistic...
Author
David H. Solkin
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2001 by The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and The Courtauld Institute Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.157-171
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00023.017
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-18344
Chapter subject tags:Genre painting, Dutch--17th centuryArt, British--Exhibitions--18th centuryGenre painting, British--18th centuryRoyal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Somerset House (London, England)Art and society--Britain--History--18th centuryWilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841Painting, British--18th century

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11. Crowds and Connoisseurs: Looking at Genre Painting at Somerset House