Reference code
SA/45/2
Title
Draft regulations for conducting the academy for painting, sculpture and architecture for the use and benefit of the Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain and their pupils
Date
1769
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece
Historical Background
The members of the new
Royal Academy had refused their former colleagues in the Society of Artists the right to use the former equipment of
St Martin's Lane Academy. The Society therefore took steps to found its own academy in Maiden Lane. At a Directors' meeting of 12 September 1769 it was agreed "that the Rules and Regulations of the said Academy, be as near as possible those of the Academy lately held in St Martin's Lane" [Hargraves, pp.142-45].
Content Description
Ms draft with several corrections.