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The Cockpit

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A crowd bets on a cock fight
Description

This image depicts a cockfight, with special emphasis on the diversity of spectators in attendance and their singularity of purpose (gambling).

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Doctor Syntax at Covent Garden Theatre

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Theater-goers watch a performance
Description

In this illustration of William Combe's comic text, Dr. Syntax seeks the picturesque in the theater.

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9th. 10th. & 11th. Windows North Aisle

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Interior of Westminster Abbey
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This illustration, created by John White to accompany William Combe's written history of Westminster, gives an interior view of the Abbey and depicts several of its monuments. The bottom border of the image includes the names of the persons to whom the monuments are dedicated, along with corresponding numbers for identification.

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Christie's Auction House

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A crowd in an art auction hall
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This image depicts an art exhibition and sale at Christie's, London's famous auction house, drawing attention not only to the displayed artwork but also to the busy social scene.

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A SHILLING WELL LAID OUT. Tom and Jerry at the Exhibition of Pictures at the Royal Academy

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Spectators at an art exhibition
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This image depicts Tom and Jerry—the two main characters from Pierce Egan's popular journal, Life in London—attending the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Academy.

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Royal Academy - Somerset House, London

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Students painting a nude woman at the academy
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In this image, students of the Royal Academy at Somerset House are trained in the techniques of observing and depicting the female nude.

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You're Blocking My View!: The Spectator in the Romantic Art World

Spectators at an art exhibition
Date Published:
August 2009
Description

Romantic London is a city of spectacles: from Bartholomew Fair to Covent Garden, from the Great Exhibition Hall to the Royal Academy. These spectacles serve as both the location and occasion for a wide range of viewing practices and interactions, as spectators turn their gaze from the stage and exhibit to the boxes and crowds. This gallery seeks to examine the notions of the viewer and the gaze through the crowd scenes afforded by London’s social calendar of cultural spectacles. Focusing on the formation of the art spectator, this gallery traces the various modes of viewing art—from its conception in life-drawing classes to its display at the Royal Academy Exhibition, and finally to its place in the private collection.

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Studies of European Figures

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Sketches of several European men
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The art historian Pramod Chandra gives a description of Studies of European Figures, quoted below:

[A] study sheet shows four European figures, one of them seated on a chair and three busts. The artist seems to have been trying to acquaint himself with unfamiliar anatomies, and also with the shapes of European caps. (Chandra 65)

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Raja Jagat Prakash of Sirmur (Chandra, 1971); also been referred to as Rama and Sita with Raja Jagat Prakash (Vajracharya, 2002)

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A scene from the Hindu Ramayana
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This scene depicts the return of Rama and Sita from exile as narrated in the the Hindu epic, The Ramayana. A recurring theme in this image (found in many Indian works) is the idea of a divine king (chakravartin).

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A Nobleman Listening to Music

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A nobleman listening to music
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The art historian Pramod Chandra describes this miniature as follows:

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