Collection of 15 catalogues bound together of the Annual Exhibitions at the Royal Academy from 1843 - 1857, covering the Seventy-fifth to the Eighty-Ninth exhibitions, listing the exhibitors in each room, including titles and artists. Sculpture, miniatures, drawings and architecture are listed in separate categories. Quarter calf, spine with five raised gilt-decorated bands and gilt title. Ex-library copy, blind library stamp 'Maidstone Museum & Public Library' on front endpaper and title page; edges, corners and spine rubbed, boards scuffed, the pages of the seventy-ninth catalogue lightly browned. Final page of 1854 catalogue torn and lower half missing.