Artists in front of the Royal Academy, Somerset House, London Robert Polhill Bevan 'A Cornish Hug'

'A Cornish Hug'

It was given by the Worshipful Company of Drapers in 1868

Three quarter length portrait showing ceremonial robes

This was originally the site of the Swan with Two Necks Inn

Artists in front of the Royal Academy, Somerset House, London Robert Polhill Bevan 'A Cornish Hug''Titianus redivivius; or the seven wise men consulting the new Venetian oracle. A scene in ye Academic Grove, No. 1', 1797; scene showing artists in front of the Royal Academy at Somerset House in London. Miss Provis stands on a rainbow daubing paint on the face of Titian. Joshua Reynold's ghost appears from the paved floor in the foreground. On the right John Boydell and two companions run off furtively. The seven artists sitting in the light of the