Royal Academy Instrument of Foundation (1768) [ Practices / People ]
… sculptor, or other artist, properly qualified. His business shall be to keep the Royal Academy, with the models, casts, books, and other moveables belonging thereto ; to attend regularly the Schools of Design during the sittings of the … to point out to them the beauties or faults of celebrated productions, to fit them for an unprejudiced study of books, and for a critical examination of structures ; his salary shall be thirty pounds a year ; and he shall continue in … under the 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, …
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