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KEY to the Plate of the ROYAL ACADEMICIANS [Key to GAC 1542]
Charles Bestland (1763 - )
The Royal Academicians in their Council Chamber
Henry Singleton (1766 - 1839)
Charles Bestland (1763 - )
The Royal Academy of Arts, Instituted by the King, in the Year 1768
Johann Zoffany (1733 - 1810)
Richard Earlom (1743 - 1822)
Benjamin West (1738-1820) artist
George Henry Harlow (1787 - 1819)
James Fittler (1758 - 1835)
Benjamin West (1738-1820) artist
George Henry Harlow (1787 - 1819)
James Fittler (1758 - 1835)
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