Exhibition of the works of the old masters, associated with ..
A floor plan of the Royal Academy exhibition galleries, published in London in 1870 by Wm. Clowes and Sons, showing where oil paintings, water colours and black and white works were hung. The plan is a practical guide for visitors, with the entrance, vestibule, refreshment room and numbered rooms labelled in plain capitals. For a designer, its clean architectural linework and simple lettered labels offer a model for wayfinding diagrams and museum maps.
