The file consists of original paid bills and receipts and separate quarterly accounts of the Treasurer,
Sir William Chambers, for the year 1788, including quarterly abstracts of bills, Lady Day 1788, Midsummer 1788, Michaelmas 1788 and Christmas 1788, bill for dinner at the Freemason's Tavern to celebrate the birthday of
King George III, 4 April 1788, bill for annual dinner at Somerset House, bill of the Secretary,
Francis Milner Newton, for payment of exhibition expenses, bill of the Housekeeper,
Elizabeth Malin, for sundry and necessary expenses at the exhibition, bill of Benjamin Malin and his son for attendance at the exhibition, bills of Elizabeth Malin and
Charles Cranmer, advertisements in the Daily Advertiser and Public Advertiser, church rate and rector's rate, house and window tax, bills for binding books, itemised purchase of books, purchase of prints, authorisation and receipts for payments from the charity fund, insurance, maintenance work at Somerset House, wine, supply of coals, supply of candles, lamp oil, stationery, printing, carpentry, smith's work, bill from cabinet maker and upholsterer, including the provision of green baize covers for the exhibition room, glaziers' bill for work at Somerset House, James Hoskings's bill for moving works of art, Christmas to Midsummer 1788, payment to John Pingo for stamping and engraving medals, trust bills relating to James Byers and Robert Byers, receipts for salaries of officers and servants, 25 December 1787 - 25 March 1788, 25 March - 24 June 1788 and 24 June - 29 September 1788, bill of RA expenses paid by the Keeper,
Agostino Carlini, 31 December 1787 - 25 March 1788, 25 March - 24 June 1788 and 24 June - 29 September 1788, and receipted schedule [single document] of payments for attendances of the Council, General Assembly and Exhibition Committee for the year 1788, salaries of officers and servants for the quarter ending 31 December 1788 and bill of RA expenses paid by the Keeper, Carlini, 29 September - 25 December 1788, (with supporting receipts for payments from Carlini, including the acquisition of busts and repairs to the skeleton used in the Schools.) The Keeper's bills show that James Dyer, Withers and Cranmer served as models in the Schools.
