The Royal Academy and its members 1768-1830 (1905)
Hodgson, J. E. (John Evan), 1831-1895, Eaton, Frederick Alexis · London : John Murray · leaf 226
de those of the annual visitation asdirected by the will of Margaret Desenfans. By the scheme,too, one of the Governors is nominated by the President of theRoyal Academy. It is significant of the estimation in which the Academywas held that in 1798 the Lords Commissioners of the Treasuryrequested… … CHAPTER XII BENJAMIN WEST AND THE ROYAL ACADEMICIANS ELECTEDDURING HIS PRESIDENCY The second President of the Academy and the fifty-five artistselected during his tenure of the office now claim our attention.Of these fifty-five, forty reached the rank of Academician,including two future Presidents,…
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) · Artists
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