Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain Formed 1759 after the annual feast of St. Luke at the Foundling Hospital. Early meetings were held at the Turks Head Tavern. The society was the first to mount regular public exhibitions of painting and sculpture in the UK. Leading members seceded from the society in 1768, a move leading directly to the formation of the Royal Academy of Arts. The society was dissolved 1791 after years of decline.   Works of Art: 1 Books: 0 Archives: 15

Arms, or common Seal of... George Michael Moser

JU/1/84    F. Hayman, Francis Cotes, Jeremiah Meyer, Nathaniel Hone, J. Reynolds, John Gwynn [to the Society of Artists]    06 Jun 1768    Item

HU/2/14    H. Spicer, London, to Ozias Humphry, at the English Coffee House, Rome    30 Aug 1774    Item

HU/2/2    H. Spicer, London, to Mr. Humphry, English Coffee House, Rome    9 Jan 1774    Item

HU/1/113    B. Colborne, Bath, to Ozias Humphry, King Street, Covent Garden, London    24 Mar 1771    Item

REY/1    Pocket books    1757-1790    Sub-fonds

AND/1/10    Notes and cuttings relating to further sales of sets of Royal Academy catalogues    [c.1865]    Item

LAW/5/52    M.A. Shee, Cavendish Square, to Sir Thomas Lawrence    10 Jun [c.1820]    Item

SA    Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain, papers    1759-1807    Fonds

LAW/3/220    T[homas] L[awrence], to [Joseph Farington]    [10 Oct 1820]    Item

LAW/3/216    Jos. Farington, Woodvale, to Sir Thomas Lawrence, 65 Russell Square    12 Oct 1820    Item

RAA/SEC/1/83    Copy of letter from W. Tyler, T. Sandby and P. Sandby, London, to Mr Gilpin in Sheet Street, Windsor, Berks.    13 Dec 1768    Item

RAA/SEC/1/42    Press cutting of notice of opening of the exhibition    1771    Item

RAA/SEC/1/40    Engraving of the arms of the Incorporated Society of Artists of Great Britain.    c. 1780    Item

NOR/21    James Northcote, London, to Saml. Northcote, Plymouth, Devonshire    18 Apr 1776    Item

NOR/10    James Northcote, to [Samuel Northcote]    Jun 1772    Item