Royal Academy Instrument of Foundation (1768) [ Practices / People ]
… Whereas sundry persons, resident in this metropolis, eminent professors of painting, sculpture, and architecture, have most humbly represented by memorial unto the King that they are desirous of establishing a Society … thirty pounds a year ; and he shall continue in office during the King's pleasure. 11o. There shall be a Professor of Architecture, who shall read annually six public Lectures, calculated to form the taste of the Students, tp instruct them … regulations expressed in the bye-laws of the Society hereafter to be made. 20o. There shall be a Library of Books of Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and all the Sciences relating thereto ; also prints of bas-reliefs, vases, trophies, …
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