from Ackermann’s ‘Microcosm of London, the interior of part of the Royal Academy, founded in 1779 in the north wing of the newly rebuilt Somerset House, designed by Sir William Chambers, eventualy moving to its current location of Burlington House in 1837,
original hand-coloured engraving, with aquatint by J. Hill, 235 x 285 mm. (9 1/4 x 11 1/4 in), marginal browning and slight staining, a repaired tear through the upper plate mark, but outside the image,