Royal Academy Instrument of Foundation (1768) [ Practices / People ]
… 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 for promoting the Arts of Design, … of the Royal Academy of Arts ; which office he shall hold, together with the emoluments thereof, from the date of these presents, and during his Majesty's pleasure. His business shall be to receive the rents and profits of the Academy, to … Architecture … Text taken and adapted from The history of the Royal Academy of Arts from its foundation in 1768 to the present time. With biographical notices of all the members (London: Spottiswood and Co., 1862), vol. 1, p. 52-55. Full …
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