Salons, such as the one depicted in pietro martini's 1785 print, were visited by:

Salons which is the one portrayed in pietro martini's print of 1785 were go to see by public, painters, and critics. Art and the Salon, he salon displayed paintings floor-to-ceiling and on every obtainable inch of space. The shoving of artwork turns out to be the subject of many other paintings, including pietro antonio martini's salon of 1785. Printed catalogues of the salons are main authorized papers for art historians. Critical descriptions of the exhibitions put out in the newsletter results the commencement of the current occupation of art critic and the french revolution unfastened the display to foreign artistes. 

February 1848 is when it was added. if that's what you were asking