Alongside an illustrious career exhibiting at the Royal Academy, Richard Westall RA was the drawing master to a young Princess Victoria, soon to be Queen.
In the latest in his blog series, our Head of Collections invites you to come along to some of his meetings around the Academy – from formal proceedings in the grand Fine Rooms, to a chat in the staff kitchen.
Nuns’ Walk, the Hayloft and the Butler’s Staircase… not Halloween films, but names of the many mysterious places hidden around the Royal Academy. Our new Head of Collections investigates.