Chas. W. Jarrett-Knott, Paris artistic : indicateur des salons russes… (1896)
“ Pupils are admitted between the ages of 15 and 25. An annual competition takes place for the Grand prix de Rome : the successful candidates, who need not be pupils of the school, but must be French subjects, and not older than 25, are sent to Rome and maintained there at the expense of the Government for four years (engravers for three) . An exhibition cf the works of the students here, as well as of those sent by the students at Rome, takes place every year in September. ”
