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Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Print shows members of the Society of Arts and others gathered outside Somerset House, St Paul's Cathedral in the distance at right; the Society's founder, William Shipley, seated in the foreground at left, holding a scroll, behind him the President, Lord Romney, presenting Arthur Young with a medal, watched by Charles Marsham, a vice-president, and Samuel More, the secretary; the Prince of Wales in the robes of the Garter, looking out to left; at centre, Samuel Johnson conversing with the Duchesses of Rutland and Devonshire, and pointing to the group of Elizabeth Montagu presenting a young girl to the Duchess of Northumberland and others; at foreground right, a seated group including William Hunter and the Duke of Northumberland, examining the works of a young boy, behind, a standing group including Edmund Burke; coat of arms at bottom; after diagonal lines added to cover Prince of Wales's right knee. Cf. British Museum online catalog.