Sixth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Frontispiece to The Works of James Barry, 1809
Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Similar to 'Orpheus' in the Great Room, first painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
First painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Sixth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Image not used but acquired to illustrate text from lecture 'Only One Medicine' by Professor Alastair Mitchell 14/4/1999
From an original painting by S Drummond 1793. Published in European Magazine in 1799
Background to the RSA's history
Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Fifth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Background to the RSA's history
Similar to the painting entitled 'Commerce or the Triumph of the Thames' in the Great Room, which is the fourth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Fourth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Fourth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783
Barry
Awarded the smaller silver palette