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001 $ 07/2947
003 $ UK-LoRAA
005 $ 20230223111634.7
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
110 2 # $a Royal Academy of Arts (London)
245 1 0 $a Abstract Of The Constitution And Laws Of The Royal Academy of Arts In London. Established December 10, 1768. -
246 3 # $a Laws, Relating To The Schools, The Library, And The Students
246 3 # $a Royal Academy of Arts In London. Laws, Relating To The Schools, The Library, And The Students
260 # # $a London: $b Printed By B. M'Millan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden, Printer To The Royal Academy. - $c 1815. [i.e. 1843 or 1844]
300 # # $a [4], 47, [1], 11, [1], [2], 29, [1] p.; $c 220 mm. (Octavo.)
505 0 # $a [T.p.] - Contents - Abstract, &c. &c. - Addenda - [Divisional half-title, 'Royal Academy of Arts In London'] - [T.p.] - Notice - [Contents] - Laws, &c. &c.
510 0 # $a For the history of the Royal Academy see J. Fenton, School of genius (2006); H. Hoock, The king's artists ... 1760-1840 (2003); S.C. Hutchison, The history of the Royal Academy (1986). A study of the Schools is A.D. Efland, 'The Schools of the Royal Academy', in British journal educ. stud., 21:1 (1973).
520 # # $a The first part is divided under the following headings: 1. Members; 2. Government of the Society; 3. Officers, and their Duties; 4. Household Establishment; 5. Elections; 6. Funds; 7. Privileges and Restrictions; 8. Exhibition; [9.] Annual Dinner. The second part on the 'Laws Relating To The Schools, The Library, And The Students' has its own pagination, register and separate title-page dated '1814.' and is divided under the headings, 1. Admission of Students; 2. Schools; 3. Library; 4. Premiums; 5. Privileges of Students; 6. General Regulations; 7. Vacations.

The Notice reads, 'Every Student, on his admission, will be furnished with a copy of the Laws relating to the Schools, the Library, and the Students; with which Laws he is expected to make himself thoroughly acquainted, that he may at no time plead ignorance in excuse for any violation of them.'

The 11-page 'Addenda' recording regulations of the 'School of Painting' and other changes to the laws subsequent to 1814, includes the raising of the Housekeeper's salary to £70 p.a., which was agreed at a meeting of the General Assembly on 7 November 1842 (GA Minutes V, 12).
561 # # $a The front loose endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'CStanfield. R.A. May 22d. 1844.' The front pastedown is inscribed in ink, 'Ernest Crofts 1897'.
563 # # $a 19th-century half red morocco, black cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Constitution & Laws Of The Royal Academy.'
610 2 4 $a Royal Academy of Arts (London)
653 # # $a Academies (organizations) - Societies - Associations - Schools - Students - Administration - Great Britain - London - History - 18th century - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Manuals - Laws - Rules of procedure - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a McMillan $e printer
700 1 # $a Stanfield $e previous owner
700 1 # $a Crofts $e previous owner
710 2 # $a Royal Academy of Arts (London) $e publisher