Years afterwards he found it hanging in the South Kensington Museum, displayed as a genuine antique fresco from a tomb in the neighbourhood of Rome. Evans continued to be a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy until 1845, mostly of portraits. In May 1849 the rejection of one of _his_ pictures by the Academy led to an altercation, following which Evans appeared in court charged with assault, having struck the Academy's secretary, John Prescott Knight, with his stick. <sep>, Pronoun: his <sep>, A: Evans <sep>, B: John Prescott Knight