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… in society’, Richard Wendorf has pointed out how the octagonal painting room of the first president of the Royal Academy was praised by visitors precisely for its adherence to the recommendations of his predecessor. 5 Reynolds’s gift … one wanted to capitalise on the event – as became the fashion in London following Gainsborough’s conflict with the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition’s hanging committee in 1784. Advertising strategies were often carefully planned by artists …
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