Search results

Start typing

George III, Joseph Farington and the Royal Academy

The Royal Academy aimed to revive British arts and crafts

JOHAN JOSEPH ZOFFANY (FRANKFURT 1733-LONDON 1810)

The Academicians of the Royal Academy

1771-72

RCIN 400747

This group portrait of all the founder members of the Royal Academy engaged in a life drawing exercise (the two female Academicians, Mary Moser and Angelica Kauffmann are depicted in portraits on the walls – women being forbidden from attending male life-drawing classes) was painted by Johann Zoffany, probably for George III, and was exhibited at the annual Academy exhibition in 1772 to great acclaim.


    The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.