Preparing for Royal Academy summer exhibition, London
1971 - Preparing for the Royal Academy summer exhibition: Every year the Royal Academy faces the immense task of getting their Summer Exhibition ready by early May. Its Selection Committee, traditionally 15 Royal Academicians, has to consider some 12, 000 paintings, drawings and pieces of sculpture. The next stage is left to the Hanging Committee who make the final choice. Photo shows Sir Walter Thomas Monnington, President of the Royal Academy, looks at some of the paintings during today's preparation for the hanging
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