The world of art in London
- Somerset House
- E.F.Burney, The Antique Academy at Somerset House c.1785
((c) The Royal Academy of Arts, London)
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Painters’ houses are mostly to be found near Leicester Fields and in neighbouring Soho ; some lived in suburban villages.
Painters grouped themselves into academies.
- Painters’ residences are in green
- Academies and art institutions are in red
- Adelphi ,
- Canaletto ,
- Foundling Hospital ,
- Gainsborough ,
- Girtin ,
- Girtin ,
- Girtin ,
- Girtin ,
- Great Queen St. ,
- Hogarth ,
- Hogarth ,
- Malton ,
- Marlow ,
- Marlow ,
- Reynolds ,
- Royal Academy ,
- Sandby ,
- Scott ,
- Somerset House ,
- St Martin's Lane ,
- Thomhill ,
- Wilson , )
