Reference code
SA/35/52
Title
Paper by John Hamilton, addressed to the President, Directors and Fellows of the Royal Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain
Date
05 Dec 1769
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece, 12pp.
Content Description
A review of the Society's finances, in view of falling exhibition receipts and the consequent risk of running up a deficit by the need to draw on accumulated capital. To avert this, Hamilton proposes a voluntary subscription scheme aimed at members of the nobility and gentry.