Unidentified photographer, The Royal Academy Library.
Black and white silver gelatine photograph. 204 mm x 300 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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The Royal Academy Library
Unidentified photographer
RA Collection: Art
View of the Royal Academy Library when it was situated on the ground floor of Burlington House. Designed by Samuel Ware, the room was originally divided by a colonnade. The mahogany hall chair, c.1790 is one of eight, three of which are housed in the current Library. The bronze bust of Augustus John R.A. is by Francis Derwent Wood R.A. (03/1705).
Undated photograph possibly taken in the 1960s.
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204 mm x 300 mm
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