Minutes of meetings of the Council, including the following selected entries: the remark of the President,
Sir Thomas Monnington, that there was now no likelihood that
Sotheby’s would wish to continue negotiations for the proposed use of Burlington House and the decision to proceed with a proposal to exhibit the
Michelangelo tondo [‘The Madonna and Child with the Infant St John’], in an annexe linking the Reynolds Room with the Print (Architectural) Room, after members’ objections that the Reynolds Room itself was entirely unsuitable, 9 January 1973; the decision not to remove a print from the summer exhibition on grounds of its alleged obscenity, because its removal might attract undue attention, 12 June 1973; and consideration of proposals relating to the summer exhibition, the winter and special [loan] exhibitions, the Schools, Burlington House, and the membership, made by the Policy Advisory Committee, in their report dated 3 May 1973, including consideration of a proposal to charge fees in the Schools, 3 July 1973.