Paper by John Hamilton, addressed to the President, Directors and Fellows of the Royal Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

SA/35/52

Title

Paper by John Hamilton, addressed to the President, Directors and Fellows of the Royal Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain

Date

05 Dec 1769

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece, 12pp.

Content Description

A review of the Society's finances, in view of falling exhibition receipts and the consequent risk of running up a deficit by the need to draw on accumulated capital. To avert this, Hamilton proposes a voluntary subscription scheme aimed at members of the nobility and gentry.