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Royal Academy Private ViewA private view: as much a social occasion as a cultural event
Royal Academy 1810The hall of the Royal Academy, at this time housed in Somerset House; in 1837 it will move to Trafalgar Square, and finally in 1868 to Burlington House, Piccadilly
Social / Ra Show 1820Fashionable art lovers attend an exhibition at the Royal Academy
Soldiers & HorsesCadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr groom their horses
Learning Riding SkillsCadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr learn the finer points of riding
Drill at Saint-CyrDrill parade at Saint-Cyr, Frances leading military academy of Saint-Cyr, founded by Napoleon I and located near Fontainebleau (since then it has been relocated)
Fencing at Saint-CyrTraining in fencing at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr, Frances leading military academy. Date: circa 1900
Optical TelegraphOptical telegraph used by cadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr
Learning about HorsesCadets at the French military academy of Saint-Cyr learn about the anatomy of the horses they will ride
Entrance to Saint-CyrThe entrance to Frances leading military academy of Saint-Cyr, founded by Napoleon I and located near Fontainebleau (since then it has been relocated)
Woolwich / Academy / AnonThe ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY - soldiers exercising on the parade ground
Edinburgh Academy 1830The New Edinburgh Academy
Reynolds / Plympton SchoolSIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS House (next door to the Grammar School) at Plympton, Devon, where the English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy was born
Reynolds / Plympton DevonSIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS House at Plympton, Devon, where the English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy was born
Reynolds / Miniature / CraftSIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy
Cricket in the 18th CenCricket being played at The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields
Berlin Dance School 1929At a Berlin dance academy, pupils learn with the help of film and gramophone, though watching the screen while minding your partner and your neighbours can t be easy !
Royal Academy, 1840A Private View of the Royal Academy annual exhibition : the walls are more crowded, the rooms less so, than today
C16 Music AcademyThe academy of Franchino Gaforio (1451 - 1522) showing his theory of harmony linking music and geometry; his banner translates as Harmony is discordant concord
Daguerres DiscoveryDaguerres discovery of an effective permanent photographic process, is announced by Arago to the Academy of Sciences in Paris. Date: 10 August 1839
New Military AcademyThe Royal Military Academy at Woolwich; soldiers line up on the parade ground
Academie FrancaiseAllegorical depiction of the academy showing toga clad men of learning surrounded by scientific instruments participating in all branches of the arts & sciences
Gulliver in LagadoGulliver visits the Academy where he finds scientists engaged in such activities as extracting sunbeams from cucumbers
J. Reynolds / Self / CochranSIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy
J / Reynolds / Self / Bond EngSIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS English portrait painter and president of the Royal Academy
Charlemagne & CultureCharlemagne inaugurates an academy of letters
Clelia Borromeo-GrilloCLELIA BORROMEO-GRILLO wife of conte Giovanni Borromeo, proficient in seven languages, knowledgeable in mathematics and mechanics, had an academy in her own palace
Academie Francaise 1867The reception of M. Cuvillier Fleury at the French Academy; the most celebrated of the five academies included in the Institut
Cavour as a CadetCavour as a cadet at the Military Academy, orino
Royal Academy VisitorsA crowded scene of smartly- dressed men, women and children visiting the Royal Academy in London to look at and discuss the paintings
Running at WoolwichMen from the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, Kent, compete in a running race which takes them over obstacles such as this pool into which some are diving
STRAND (1779)Looking eastward along the Strand, with St Mary-le-Strand on the left, and Somerset House, housing the Royal Academy, on the right Date: 1779
Ballet dancers rehearsing Rouet d ArmorBallet dancers at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse rehearsing a new opera-ballet by Adolphe Piriou, Rouet d Armor (Wheel of Armour)
Ballet dancers waiting to rehearseBallet dancers at the French Academie de Musique et de Danse in their costumes, waiting to rehearse