… shall consist of forty members only, who shall be called Academicians of the Royal Academy; they shall all of them be artists by profession at the time of their admission that is to say, painters, sculptors, or architects, men of fair … ; at least five-and-twenty years of age ; resident in Great Britain ; and not members of any other society of artists established in London. 2ndo. It is his Majesty's pleasure that the following forty persons be the original … Academy, elected by ballot, from amongst the Academicians ; he shall be an able painter of history, sculptor, or other artist, properly qualified. His business shall be to keep the Royal Academy, with the models, casts, books, and other …