Inspectors had been appointed in 1810 to make biannual surveys of the RA's books and casts. Four Academicians were elected annually from 1871 to serve as Inspectors of Property.
Content Description
Bound volume of reports of the Inspectors of Property. The first report in the volume, for 1872, noted the difficulty of making a careful examination of the Academy's property because it was divided between Trafalgar Square and Burlington House. The volume includes reports of the Surveyor from 1915. Records for 1917 include reports on air raid damage to Burlington House. There is also a report on the removal of the Library by the architect, W. Curtis Green, 30 November 1927.