Two subsequent presidents are shown in the crowd, his successor the American-born Benjamin West and the young Thomas Lawrence, then an associate of the Royal Academy.

West sits on the Presidential throne while to his right in a yellow waistcoat is the architect William Chambers who had designed the building at Somerset House.

There are a number of casts of sculptures on display behind the artists, including the Apollo Belvedere, Borghese Gladiator and Venus de' Medici.

[3] The paintings include portraits of George III and Queen Charlotte by Reynolds, Christ Blessing Little Children by West, Spring by Mary Moser, The Tribute Money by John Singleton Copley and Samson and Delilah by John Francis Rigaud.

[5] The painting was commissioned by Bestland in anticipation of the engraving, but Singleton may may have hoped it would be purchased as a commemoration by the academy, which had celebrated its twenty fifth anniversary in December 1793.